# Περὶ ζῴων ἰδιότητος 9.53

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelian/text/9.53

ἀλῶνται δὲ ἄρα ἰχθῦς καὶ πλανῶνται οἳ μὲν ἀθρόοι, ὥσπερ οὖν ἀγέλαι θρεμμάτων ἢ τάξεις ὁπλιτῶν ἰοῦσαι κατὰ ἴλας καὶ φάλαγγας, οἳ δὲ ἐν κόσμῳ κατὰ στοῖχον ἔρχονται, οἳ δέ, φαίης ἂν αὐτοὺς εἶναι λόχους. ἠρίθμηνται δὲ ἐς δεκάδας ἄλλοι καὶ ταύτῃ συννέουσιν· ἤδη δὲ νήχονται καὶ κατὰ ζεῦγός τινες. ἄλλοι δὲ οἰκουροῦσιν ἐν τοῖς φωλεοῖς καὶ ἐνταυθοῖ καταζῶσιν.

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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/.