# Historiae Animalium Epitome 25

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, Α. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/25

(25) καθόλου δὲ τῶν ζῴων ἃ μέν ἐστι πρᾷα διὰ παντός, ὡς πρόβατον καὶ βοῦς, τὰ δὲ θυμοειδῆ καὶ ἀμαθῆ, καθάπερ ὗς, τὰ δὲ δειλὰ καὶ ἄφρονα, ὡς ἔλαφος, τὰ δὲ ἐπίβουλα καὶ ἀνελεύθερα, ὡς τὸ τῶν ὄφεων γένος, τὰ δὲ ἐλευθέρια καὶ γενναῖα, ὡς λέων, τὰ δὲ ἐπίβουλα καὶ ἐπιθετικά, ὡς λύκος, τὰ δὲ φρόνιμα καὶ κακοῦργα, ὡς ἀλώπηξ, τὰ δὲ συνανθρωπευόμενα καὶ ἀσπαστικά, ὡς κύων, τὰ δὲ φθονερὰ καὶ φιλόκαλα, ὡς ταώς. καὶ τὰ μὲν συναγελαστικὰ καὶ φιλάλληλα, ὡς γέρανοι, τὰ δὲ μονήρη καὶ ἐχθρά, ἰκτῖνες καὶ τὰ ἄλλα, τὰ δὲ συναγελαστικὰ ἅμα καὶ μονήρη, ὡς ἄνθρωποι.

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Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, ed. Spyridon Paulou Lampros. 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/tlg0644.tlg001.local001/.