# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 8.25

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/8.25

ἀνωτέρω εἶπον ἣν οἱ τροχίλοι κατατίθενται ἐς τοὺς κροκοδείλους εὐεργεσίαν, ἧσπερ ἐν τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις μέμνηται καὶ Ἡρόδοτος λόγοις· ὃ δὲ οὐκ εἶπον εἰδώς, τοῦτο εἰρήσεται νῦν, ἵνα καὶ ἄλλος μάθῃ. ὁ μὲν τροχίλος ὄρνις ἐστὶ τῶν ἑλείων εἷς, καὶ παρὰ τὰς ὄχθας τῶν ποταμῶν ἀλᾶται καὶ ὅ τι ἂν τύχῃ παρεκλέγων βόσκεται, τρέφει δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ὁ κροκόδειλος οἷς εἶπον. καὶ ἐκεῖνος αὐτὸν ἀμείβεται καθεύδοντος προμηθῶς ἔχων καὶ ὑπεραγρυπνῶν αὐτοῦ· κειμένῳ μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὑπνώττοντι ἐπιβουλεύει ὁ ἰχνεύμων, καὶ ἐμφὺς τῇ δέρῃ πολλάκις ἀπέπνιξεν αὐτόν· ἀλλʼ ὅ γε τροχίλος βοᾷ, καὶ παίει κατὰ τῆς ῥινὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνίστησι καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἐχθρὸν ὑποθήγει. εἰ μὲν οὖν χρὴ τὸν ὄρνιν ἐπαινεῖν οὕτως ἔχοντα φροντιστικῶς ζῴου παμβόρου καὶ ἀδηφάγου, εἰσόμεθα· τὸ δʼ οὖν ἴδιον τῶνδε τῶν ζῴων εἶπον.

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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/.