# Historia animalium 9.31

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/9.31

Οἱ δὲ κόρακες ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς χωρίοις, καὶ ὅπου μὴ ἱκανὴ τροφὴ πλείοσι, δύο μόνοι γίνονται· καὶ τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεοττούς, ὅταν οἷοί τ’ ὦσιν ἤδη πέτεσθαι, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐκβάλλουσιν, ὕστερον δὲ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἐκδιώκουσιν. Τίκτει δ’ ὁ κόραξ καὶ τέτταρα καὶ πέντε. Περὶ δὲ τοὺς χρόνους ἐν οἷς ἀπώλοντο οἱ Μηδίου ξένοι ἐν Φαρσάλῳ, ἐρημία ἐν τοῖς τόποις τοῖς περὶ Ἀθήνας καὶ Πελοπόννησον ἐγένετο κοράκων, ὡς ἐχόντων αἴσθησίν τινα τῆς παρ’ ἀλλήλων δηλώσεως.

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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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