# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 9.27

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/9.27

Θεοφράστου δὲ ἔγωγε ἀκούω καὶ ἐκεῖνα. πόαν τινὰ ἱστορεῖ ὅδε ὁ ἀνήρ, καὶ ὄνομα θηλυφόνον καλεῖ αὐτήν, ἥνπερ οὖν εἴ τις σκορπίῳ κατὰ νώτου θεὶς ἐάσειεν, ὃ δὲ παραχρῆμα αὖός ἐστιν. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς λέγει τὸν αὐτὸν ἀναστήσεσθαι, εἴπερ οὖν λευκοῦ ἐλλεβόρου καταπάσειας αὐτοῦ. ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπαινῶ μὲν τὸ θηλυφόνον, τὸν δὲ λευκὸν ἐλλέβορον ἥκιστα. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον, μισῶ μὲν σκορπίους, φιλῶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους. Καλλίμαχος δὲ ἄρα ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ Τραχινίᾳ ᾅδει δένδρον τι φύεσθαι καὶ καλεῖσθαι σμῖλον, ᾧ τὰ ἑρπετὰ γειτνιάσαντα καὶ παραψαύσαντα ἀρχὴν εἶτα ἀποθνήσκει.

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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/.