# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 8.26

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/8.26

ἡ τρυγὼν ʽοὔ φημι νῦν τὴν ὑπαέριον, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐν τῇ θαλάττᾐ ὅτε βούλεται, νήχεται, καὶ αὖ πάλιν ἀρθεῖσα πέτεται. ἔχει δὲ κέντρον, οὗ καὶ ἀνωτέρω μνήμην ἐποιησάμην, θανατηφόρον. τὸ μὲν οὖν κεντεῖν καὶ ζῷα ἄλογα καὶ ἀνθρώπους καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀπολλύναι, οὔπω παράδοξόν ἐστιν· ὃ δὲ ἄξιον ἐκπεπλῆχθαι, τοῦτο εἰρήσεται. δένδρῳ τῷ μεγίστῳ καὶ πάνυ εὐθαλεῖ καὶ εὐερνεῖ καὶ λίαν τεθηλότι τὴν χλόην εἰ προσαγάγοις τὸ κέντρον καὶ νύξειας τὸ δένδρον, οὐ μετὰ μακρὸν ἐκβάλλει τὰ φύλλα· καὶ ἐκείνων καταρρεόντων ἐς τὴν γῆν τὸ πᾶν πρέμνον αὐαίνεται καὶ ἔοικεν ἡλιοβλήτῳ.

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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/.