# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 7.9

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/7.9

ἱεράκων πέρι καὶ ταῦτα προσακήκοα. οἱ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ θεραπευταὶ λέγουσι καλεῖσθαί τινας οὕτως ἱερακοβοσκούς, οἵπερ οὖν εἰσι τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἱεράκων τροφεῖς τε καὶ μελεδωνοὶ μέντοι οἱ αὐτοί. πᾶν μὲν οὖν τὸ φῦλον ἀνεῖται τῷ θεῷ τῷδε, ἤδη δέ τινες ἐκεῖθι καὶ ἱεροὶ τρέφονται τροφῇ πεφροντισμένῃ, καὶ δοκοῦσι τῶν ἀναθημάτων

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Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, ed. Rudolf Hercher, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0545.tlg001.local001/.