# Historia animalium 9.28

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/9.28

Σκῶπες δ’ οἱ μὲν ἀεὶ πᾶσαν ὥραν εἰσί, καὶ καλοῦνται ἀεισκῶπες, καὶ οὐκ ἐσθίονται διὰ τὸ ἄβρωτοι εἶναι· ἕτεροι δὲ γίνονται ἐνίοτε τοῦ φθινοπώρου, φαίνονται δ’ ἐφ’ ἡμέραν μίαν ἢ δύο τὸ πλεῖστον, καὶ εἰσὶν ἐδώδιμοι καὶ σφόδρα εὐδοκιμοῦσιν. Καὶ διαφέρουσι τῶν ἀεισκωπῶν καλουμένων οὗτοι ἄλλῳ μὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν οὐδενί, τῷ δὲ πάχει· καὶ οὗτοι μέν εἰσιν ἄφωνοι, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ φθέγγονται. Περὶ δὲ γενέσεως αὐτῶν ἥτις ἐστίν, οὐθὲν ὦπται, πλὴν ὅτι τοῖς ζεφυρίοις φαίνονται· τοῦτο δὲ φανερόν.

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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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