# Historia animalium 6.27

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/6.27

Ὁ δ’ ἐλέφας ὀχεύει καὶ ὀχεύεται πρῶτον εἴκοσιν ἐτῶν. Ὅταν δ’ ὀχευθῇ ἡ θήλεια, φέρει ἐν γαστρί, ὡς μέν τινές φασιν, ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἓξ μῆνας, ὡς δ’ ἕτεροι, τρί’ ἔτη· τοῦ δὲ μὴ ὁμολογεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνον αἴτιον τὸ μὴ εὐθεώρητον εἶναι τὴν ὀχείαν. Τίκτει δ’ ἡ θήλεια συγκαθίσασα ἐπὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν, καὶ ἀλγοῦσα δήλη ἐστίν. Ὁ δὲ σκύμνος ὅταν γένηται, θηλάζει τῷ στόματι καὶ οὐ τῷ μυκτῆρι, καὶ βαδίζει καὶ βλέπει εὐθὺς γεννηθείς.

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Aristotle, Historia animalium, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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.
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