# Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων 27.1

Aristotle, Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων, Chapter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/text-12/27.1

Λέγεται δὲ ἐκ Σούσων εἰς Μηδίαν ἰοῦσιν ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ σταθμῷ σκορπίων ἄπλετόν τι πλῆθος γίνεσθαι. Διὸ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ Περσῶν, ὅτε διοδεύοι, τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἔμενε, πᾶσι τοῖς αὐτοῦ συντάσσων ἐκθηρεύειν· τῷ δὲ πλείστους θηρεύσαντι ἆθλον ἐδίδου.

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Aristotle, Περὶ θαυμασίων ἀκουσμάτων, 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg027.local001/.