# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 9.29

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/9.29

Εὐφράτης, ὅσπερ οὖν Πάρθων καὶ Σύρων ῥεῖ μέσος, ὅ τι μὲν καὶ ἕτερον τῶν ἄλλων ἔχει ποταμῶν περιττὸν ἐρῶ ἄλλοτε, ὃ δὲ αὐτῷ συνίσασι Πάρθοι τε καὶ Σύροι καὶ ἔστι συμμελὲς τοῖς λόγοις τοῖσδε, τοῦτο εἰρήσεται. πρὸς ταῖς πρώταις ἀνατολαῖς τοῦδε τοῦ ποταμοῦ φύονταί τινες ὄφεις, καὶ μάλα γε ἀνθρώπων ἐχθροί, ἀλλʼ οὐ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων καὶ συντρόφων, τῶν δὲ ξένων καὶ προσηκόντων οὐδὲ ἕν. καὶ τιμῶνταί γε τὴν ἐπιδημίαν θανάτου αὐτοῖς.

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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/.