# Historia animalium 9.43

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/9.43

Οἱ δὲ βομβύλιοι τίκτουσιν ὑπὸ πέτρας ἐπ’ αὐτῆς τῆς γῆς, θυρίσι δυσὶν ἢ μικρῷ πλείοσιν· εὑρίσκεται δὲ καὶ μέλιτος ἀρχὴ φαύλου τινὸς ἐν τούτοις. Ἡ δὲ τενθρηδὼν προσεμφερὴς μέν ἐστι τῇ ἀνθρήνῃ, ποικίλον δέ, καὶ τὸ πλάτος ὅμοιον τῇ μελίττῃ· λίχνον δ’ ὂν καὶ πρὸς τὰ μαγειρεῖα καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας καὶ τὴν τοιαύτην ἀπόλαυσιν κατὰ μόνας προσπέταται· ἐκτίκτει δὲ κατὰ γῆς ὥσπερ οἱ σφῆκες, πολύχουν δ’ ἐστί, καὶ τὸ τενθρήνιον αὐτῶν πολὺ μεῖζον ἢ τῶν σφηκῶν καὶ προμηκέστερον. Τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὴν τῶν μελιττῶν καὶ τῶν σφηκῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων ἐργασίαν καὶ τὸν βίον τοῦτον ἔχει τὸν τρόπον.

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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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