On the characteristics of animals / Aelian ; with an English translation by A.F. Scholfield.
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ΚείμενοΓλώσσα: Αγγλικά, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Σειρά: Loeb Classical Library ; 446, 448-449.Λεπτομέρειες δημοσίευσης: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1958-1959.Περιγραφή: 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (3 τ.)Άλλος τίτλος: - On animals [Τίτλος εξωφύλλου]
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Περιλαμβάνει ευρετήρια.
v. I. Books 1-5 -- v. II. Books 6-11 -- v. III. Books 12-17.
In On the Characteristics of Animals, Aelian (c. 170-after 230 CE) collects facts and fables about the animal kingdom and invites the reader to ponder contrasts between human and animal behavior. Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), a Roman born ca. AD 170 at Praeneste, was a pupil of the rhetorician Pausanias of Caesarea, and taught and practised rhetoric. Expert in Attic Greek, he became a serious scholar and studied history under the patronage of the Roman empress Julia Domna. He apparently spent all his life in Italy where he died after AD 230. Aelian's On the Characteristics of Animals, in 17 books, is a collection of facts and beliefs concerning the habits of animals drawn from Greek authors and some personal observation. Fact, fancy, legend, stories and gossip all play their part in a narrative which is meant to entertain readers. If there is any ethical motive, it is that the virtues of untaught yet reasoning animals can be a lesson to thoughtless and selfish mankind. The Loeb Classical Library edition of the work is in three volumes.
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