# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 9.51

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/9.51

τρίγλης πέρι ἀνωτέρω εἶπον· ὃ δὲ οὐκ εἶπον, νῦν ἐρῶ. ἐν Ἐλευσῖνι τιμὰς ἔχει ἐκ τῶν μυουμένων, καὶ διπλοῦς ὁ λόγος τῆς τιμῆς τῆσδε. οἳ μέν φασιν, ἐπεὶ τρὶς τοῦ ἔτους τίκτει· οἳ δέ, ἐπεὶ τὸν λαγὼν ἐσθίει, ὅσπερ οὖν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ θανατηφόρος. ἴσως δὲ ἐρῶ τι περὶ τρίγλης καὶ πάλιν.

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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/.