# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 9.12

Aelian, Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/9.12

σὺ μέν μοι λέξεις πανοῦργον εἶναι ζῷον ἀλώπεκα, ταύτην δὴ τὴν ἐκ τῆς γῆς τρεφομένην· ἄκουε δὲ καὶ τὰς τῆς θαλαττίας μηχανάς, καὶ ὁποῖα δρᾷ καὶ ἐκείνη πυνθάνου. ἢ γὰρ οὐ πρόσεισι τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ τὴν ἀρχήν, ἢ καταπιοῦσα παραχρῆμα ἑαυτῆς τὸ ἐντὸς μετεκδῦσα ἔστρεψεν ἔξω, ὥσπερ οὖν χιτῶνα τὸ σῶμα ἀνελίξασα, καὶ τοῦτον δήπου τὸν τρόπον ἐξεώσατο τὸ ἄγκιστρον.

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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/.