The 17 books of 'De Natura Animalium' ('On the Characteristics of Animals'), by the Greek writer Claudius Aelianus, have been translated by A.F.Scolfield (1958). Links to his English translation of each book, and to the Greek text from the edition of R.Hercher (1864), can be found in this table. This collection of curious information about animals, birds and fishes is presented in a fairly random order; as a guide to the contents, an index of chapter headings is provided below.
| Book 1 | Greek text | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| Book 2 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 3 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 4 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 5 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 6 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 7 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 8 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 9 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 10 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 11 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 12 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 13 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 14 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 15 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 16 | Greek text | English translation |
| Book 17 | Greek text | English translation |
Note: the Greek text of books 8 and 9 is mislabelled in Perseus.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y
15.26 : The Acomys. The Jerboa
9.27 : The Aconite
11.20 : Sacred Hounds in the temple of Adranus
8.8 : The Amphisbaena
9.23 : The Amphisbaena
8.18 : The Anchovy
7.48 : Androcles and the Lion
4.43 : The Ant. Greek festivals
16.15 : The Ants of India
17.42 : Ants of Babylonia
1.22 : Ants observe a day of rest
2.25 : Ants store grain
3.4 : Ants of India
6.43 : Ants and their nests
6.50 : Cleanthes and the Ants
10.28 : The Ass and the Antelope, hated in Egypt
10.27 : The Cow and Aphrodite
10.50 : The worship of Aphrodite at Eryx
4.2 : The Pigeons of Aphrodite at Eryx
11.10 : Apis, the sacred bull of the Egyptians
10.21 : The Crocodile, worshipped at Ombos, killed at Apollinopolis
10.26 : The Wolf, beloved of Apollo ; reveals sacrilege
11.1 : Swans and the worship of Apollo
11.2 : Serpents sacred to Apollo in Epirus
11.8 : Flies avoid the festival of Apollo
10.4 : The Sheep of Arabia
10.13 : Fauna of Arabia
11.6 : A refuge for hunted animals in Arcadia
12.25 : The Archer fish
9.34 : The Argonaut
12.45 : Arion and the Dolphins
12.31 : The sons of Aristodemus and the Delphic Oracle
17.31 : A poisonous Fish in Armenia
17.5 : The Asp of Egypt
11.32 : A sacred Asp and its slayer
3.22 : Ichneumon and Asp
4.54 : Asp in love with a Goose-herd
1.54 : Viper, Asp, etc., their bites
6.38 : The Asp, its bite fatal.
9.11 : The Malmignatte and the Asp, their bites
9.4 : The Asp, its fangs.
9.61 : The Asp, its bite
2.24 : The Asp. Human spittle
2.5 : The Asp. The Basilisk
3.33 : The Asp.
10.28 : The Ass and the Antelope, hated in Egypt
10.40 : The Horned Ass of Scythia
12.16 : The Libyan Ass
14.10 : The Wild Ass of Mauretania
2.10 : Mating of Mare and Ass
4.52 : The Wild Ass of India
6.51 : Fable of Ass and 'Dipsas'
11.5 : Dogs sacred to Athena in Daunia
10.30 : The Baboon
17.42 : Ants of Babylonia
4.27 : The Gryphons and the gold of Bactria
4.55 : The Camel of Bactria
15.2 : The Bam-fish
2.5 : The Basilisk
2.7 : The Basilisk
3.31 : The Cock feared by Basilisk and Lion
1.30 : The Basse and the Prawn
9.7 : (i) The Basse and its otolith
2.19 : The Bear and its cub
3.21 : A Bear and Lions
6.3 : The Bear
6.9 : The Bear and its cubs
4.45 : The story of a Lion, a Bear, and a Dog
6.34 : The Beaver
1.60 : The King Bee
5.11 : The King Bee. Character of the Bee
5.12 : The Bee, its industry
5.13 : The Bee, its skill, its colonies, its love of song
5.11 : The King Bee. Character of the Bee
17.35 : The Rhaucii expelled by Bees
1.10 : Servitors among Bees
1.58 : The enemies of Bees
2.53 : Hornless Cattle. Bees in Scythia
5.10 : Bees and their King
5.42 : Bees : various kinds.
1.11 : Bees, their ages and habits
1.49 : The Bee-eater
11.30 : The Bee-eater
1.59 : A Bee-hive
16.2 : Birds of India
17.14 : Gigantic Birds
1.1 : The Birds of Diomedes
1.35 : Birds use charms against sorcery
12.37 : Birds in love with human beings
6.19 : The song of Birds ; ability to imitate other sounds
6.45 : Birds and their enmities
6.46 : Substances fatal to Birds
7.7 : Birds as weather-prophets
13.18 : The royal parks of India and their Birds.
4.59 : The Blue-fowl
5.45 : The Wild Boar
11.11 : Mneuis, sacred bull of the Egyptians, and King Bocchoris
17.10 : The Mole in Boeotia.
16.5 : The Hoopoe of India. A Brahmani myth
4.48 : How to check an angry Bull
5.19 : Wolf and Bull
7.4 : The Bull, its docility
17.45 : The flesh-eating Bulls of Ethiopia
12.20 : Democritus on hornless Bulls
2.28 : The Bustard and Horses
5.24 : The Bustard
6.24 : The Fox and Hedgehog; and Bustards
C
17.7 : The Elephant. The Camel
10.3 : Anatomy of the Camel
4.55 : The Camel of Bactria
6.60 : The Camel, its modesty
17.34 : The Goats and Camels of the Caspii
17.36 : Lion and Camels
15.13 : The tale of Canobus and Helen
17.43 : The Leopard of Caria
17.32 : The 'Oxyrhynchus' of the Caspian Sea
17.33 : A Caspian bird.
17.38 : A bird from the Caspian Sea
17.17 : The Caspii; their land invaded by Rats. The Fox in Caspia.
17.34 : The Goats and Camels of the Caspii
6.27 : The Cat
5.7 : Monkey and Cats
6.36 : The Caterpillar
12.14 : The Catfish
16.33 : The Cattle and Sheep of various countries
14.11 : The Wild Cattle of Libya
2.53 : Hornless Cattle. Bees in Scythia
16.32 : The Sheep of Ceos
1.57 : The Cerastes and the Psylli
7.17 : Ceryl and Halcyon
9.49 : The largest of the Cetaceans
4.60 : The Chaffinch
2.14 : The Chameleon
4.33 : The Chameleon and Snakes
16.16 : The Chasm of Pluto
16.39 : A snake in Chios
1.20 : The Cicada
10.44 : The Cicada : various kinds
13.26 : The Cicada of the sea
5.9 : The Cicadas of Locris and Rhegium
17.21 : The Cinnamon bird
2.34 : The Cinnamon bird
15.12 : The Clam
12.15 : The Crocodile and the Clapperbill
10.49 : Clarus free from noxious creatures
6.50 : Cleanthes and the Ants
15.20 : The Cock in Nibas
3.31 : The Cock feared by Basilisk and Lion
4.29 : The Cock and its crowing
2.30 : The Cockerel, and how to keep him
17.46 : Cockerels and Hens in temples of Heracles and Hebe
5.28 : The Purple Coot
3.42 : The Purple Coot. The Peacock
10.23 : The Scorpions of Coptos
10.24 : The Crocodile, killed at Tentyra, worshipped at Coptos
10.27 : The Cow and Aphrodite
7.1 : The Cows of Susa
7.30 : The 'Flying Crab'
6.31 : The Crab and music
7.24 : The Crab : various species
7.31 : The Hermit Crab
9.43 : The common Crab
16.38 : Snakes and Crabs at Metropolis
17.1 : Monstrous Snakes and Crabs
15.9 : The Crane-fish
1.44 : Cranes bring rain
3.14 : Cranes give warning of storms
2.1 : Cranes, their migration
3.13 : Cranes, their migration
12.36 : The river Crathis
6.42 : The story of Crathis
9.25 : Crayfish and Octopus
10.38 : Octopus and Crayfish.
3.2 : Hounds of Crete and elsewhere
5.2 : Crete hostile to Owls and Snakes
4.1 : The Partridge. Cretan lovers
12.15 : The Crocodile and the Clapperbill
2.33 : The Crocodile
3.11 : The Crocodile and Egyptian Plover
5.23 : The Crocodile
9.3 : The Crocodile and its young
10.21 : The Crocodile, worshipped at Ombos, killed at Apollinopolis
10.24 : The Crocodile, killed at Tentyra, worshipped at Coptos
17.6 : The Crocodile. Sea-monsters
12.41 : The Ganges and its Turtles and Crocodiles
8.4 : Tame Fishes and Tame Crocodiles
15.22 : Crow and Eagle
3.9 : The Crow, its conjugal fidelity. Owl and Crow
6.7 : The Crow of King Mares
3.30 : The Cuckoo
5.41 : Ruminants and their stomachs. The Cuttle-fish
5.44 : The Cuttle-fish
1.34 : The Cuttlefish
16.31 : The Cynamolgi and their Dogs
11.7 : A refuge for hunted deer in Cyprus
D
11.13 : The Hounds of Daphnis
11.5 : Dogs sacred to Athena in Daunia
12.18 : Democritus on the horns of Deer
2.9 : Deer and Snakes
5.56 : Deer crossing the sea
6.11 : The Deer and its young
6.13 : The Deer, its frugality
12.31 : The sons of Aristodemus and the Delphic Oracle
11.4 : The worship of Demeter at Hermione
12.16 : Democritus on the fecundity of certain animals.
12.17 : Democritus on the effects of climate on the animal foetus
12.18 : Democritus on the horns of Deer
12.19 : Democritus on the growth of horns in Oxen
12.20 : Democritus on hornless Bulls
13.27 : The Hyena fish. Depilatories
1.1 : The Birds of Diomedes
8.5 : Divination by Fishes
10.41 : Eupolis and his Dog
10.45 : The Dog honoured in Egypt
4.40 : The Dog
4.45 : The story of a Lion, a Bear, and a Dog
6.53 : The Dog in Egypt
7.13 : Dog reveals sacrilege
7.38 : The Dog as companion
8.9 : The Dog and its medicines
6.59 : The Dog, its reasoning power
7.10 : The Dog's devotion to its master; Galba's dog
7.40 : The Dog's devotion to its master. Dog as king
16.31 : The Cynamolgi and their Dogs
11.3 : Dogs sacred to Hephaestus at Etna
11.5 : Dogs sacred to Athena in Daunia
12.22 : Dogs at Rhocca
12.35 : The Dogs Of Xanthippus
6.25 : Devotion of Dogs to their masters
9.55 : How to silence Dogs and Donkeys
10.25 : The Dog-faces
1.17 : The Dog-fish and young
1.55 : Sharks and Dog-fish
4.46 : (i) The Lac insect (ii) The Dog-heads
1.18 : The Dolphin and young
10.8 : The Dolphin and its young
11.12 : The Dolphin
11.22 : The Dolphin in perpetual motion
12.12 : The Dolphin
12.6 : The Dolphin and its dead
15.17 : Lion and Dolphin compared
2.6 : Dolphin and boy at Poroselene
5.6 : A captured Dolphin
6.15 : Dolphin and boy at Iassus
8.3 : The Dolphin, its gratitude
1.5 : The Gnawer and Dolphins
12.45 : Arion and the Dolphins
2.8 : Dolphins help fishermen
9.55 : How to silence Dogs and Donkeys
1.9 : The Drone
9.10 : The Eagle
17.37 : An Eagle's gratitude
9.2 : The Eagle's feathers
12.21 : Eagle saves the baby Gilgamos
15.22 : Crow and Eagle
2.26 : The Eagle and nestlings
2.39 : The Golden Eagle
2.40 : The Eagle and its keepers
6.29 : Eagle and boy
7.11 : Octopus and Eagle
7.16 : Eagle and Tortoise
1.42 : The Eagle, its keen sight
13.1 : Gordius and an Eagle.
5.29 : Geese and Eagles
11.19 : Earthquake at Helice
14.8 : Eels in the Eretaenus
17.5 : The Asp of Egypt
10.16 : The Pig in Egypt
10.28 : The Ass and the Antelope, hated in Egypt
10.45 : The Dog honoured in Egypt
2.43 : Hawks of Egypt
6.41 : The Mouse in Egypt
6.53 : The Dog in Egypt
7.9 : The Hawk in Egypt
2.48 : Ravens of Egypt, of Libya
12.7 : The Lion in Egypt. The Sphinx
11.38 : The Egyptian Goose
3.11 : The Crocodile and Egyptian Plover
5.30 : The Egyptian Goose
6.33 : Egyptian magic
7.45 : (i) Egyptian priests and their ablutions
8.25 : The Egyptian Plover
11.10 : Apis, the sacred bull of the Egyptians
11.11 : Mneuis, the sacred bull of the Egyptians, and King Bocchoris
12.23 : Tame Lions in Elam
5.55 : The Elephant
10.1 : An Elephant's jealousy
10.17 : The Elephant's love of home
6.61 : The Elephant's respect for old age
17.44 : The Rhinoceros; a fight with an Elephant
10.10 : Taming an Elephant
10.12 : The fiesh of the Elephant
11.14 : The Elephant as nurse
11.15 : An Elephant punishes adultery
11.25 : Ptolemy II and his Elephant
12.44 : Music and the Elephant and the Libyan Mare
13.22 : The Elephant as bodyguard
13.8 : The Elephant and its love of flowers
13.9 : The Indian Horse. The War Elephant
3.46 : An Elephant and its keeper
6.21 : Elephant and Python
6.52 : An Elephant punishes dishonesty
6.56 : The Elephant and its hunters
7.37 : Porus and his Elephant
7.41 : Pyrrhus and his Elephant
7.43 : Elephant and flower-seller
7.44 : The Elephant a sun-worshipper
7.45 : (ii) The Elephant as surgeon
7.6 : The Elephant when hunted
8.10 : An Elephant hunt
8.27 : The young Elephant
9.56 : The Elephant
9.58 : Longevity of the Elephant
9.8 : The Elephant and its young
1.38 : (i) The Elephant, its love of beauty and perfumes (ii) Various irritants
4.31 : The Elephant, its anatomy and habits
8.17 : The Elephant, its continence ; reveals murder
17.7 : The Elephant. The Camel
14.6 : The Elephant. The Lynx
14.5 : Hunting for Elephants' tusks
16.18 : The Elephants of Taprobane
16.36 : Elephants routed by Pigs
17.29 : Indian Elephants of war
13.7 : Remedies for sick Elephants
2.11 : Performing Elephants
2.18 : Elephants and their wounds
4.10 : Elephants worship the Moon
4.24 : The taming of Elephants
7.2 : A home for aged Elephants
7.36 : A stampede of Elephants
8.15 : Elephants cross a ditch
7.15 : Elephants, their mutual devotion.
6.22 : Enmities and fears of animals
11.2 : Serpents sacred to Apollo in Epirus
14.8 : Eels in the Eretaenus
14.29 : Fishing in the Eridanus in winter
7.28 : Icarius and the Hound of Erigone
2.20 : Oxen of Erythrae
10.50 : The worship of Aphrodite at Eryx
4.2 : The Pigeons of Aphrodite at Eryx
17.45 : The flesh-eating Bulls of Ethiopia
17.10 : Peculiarities of Libya, the Euxine, Ethiopia
2.21 : Snakes of Ethiopia and Phrygia
16.39 : Monstrous snakes in India, in Ethiopia
11.3 : Dogs sacred to Hephaestus at Etna
9.29 : Snakes at the source of the Euphrates
10.41 : Eupolis and his Dog
15.5 : Tunny-fishing in the Euxine
17.10 : Peculiarities of Libya, the Euxine, Ethiopia
F
2.42 : The Falcon
4.26 : Falconry in India
10.13 : Fauna of Arabia.
17.41 : A plague of Field-mice, of Sparrows, of Frogs, of Lions
16.35 : Fish as food for Goats
17.30 : Fish as cattle-fodder
17.31 : A poisonous Fish in Armenia
10.43 : Fish in the Wile mud
12.1 : Sacred Fish at Myra
12.2 : Sacred Fish at Hierapolis
12.30 : Tame Fish of various lands
4.9 : Fish in the mating season
6.24 : The Fox and small Fish ; the Fox tests ice
9.52 : Flying Fish
9.53 : Fish moving in formation
9.57 : Fish in winter
14.23 : The Ister and its Fish. The Sword-fish
16.12 : Fishes of India
10.11 : Vocal Fishes
10.2 : Mating season for Fishes
2.13 : Fishes and their leaders
8.4 : (i) Tame Fishes
8.5 : Divination by Fishes
9.46 : The migration of Fishes
9.63 : Fishes and their mating
9.7 : (ii) Fishes and their 'parasites'
13.3 : Fishes, their haunts and their food
13.16 : Fishing for Tunny
13.19 : Fishing for Mullet
14.26 : The Ister in winter. Fishing in winter. The Sturgeon
14.29 : Fishing in the Eridanus in winter
14.3 : Fishing in shallow waters
13.5 : The Fishing-frog
9.24 : The Fishing-frog
11.8 : Flies avoid the festival of Apollo
2.29 : The Fly
5.17 : The Fly
15.1 : Fly-fishing in Macedonia
9.52 : Flying Fish
9.12 : The Fox-shark
17.17 : The Fox in Caspia.
13.11 : Fox and Hare. The Hare and its young
4.39 : The Fox and Wasps
6.24 : The Fox and Hedgehog; and Bustards ; and small Fish ; the Fox tests ice
6.64 : Fox and Hedgehog
15.27 : The Francolin
4.42 : The Francolin. The Guinea-fowl
11.40 : Freaks of Nature
12.15 : Frog and Water-snake.
2.56 : A shower of Mice, of Frogs
3.37 : Frogs in Seriphus
9.13 : Frogs and their mating
17.41 : A plague of Field-mice, of Sparrows, of Frogs, of Lions
G
4.51 : The Gadfly. The Horse-fly
6.37 : The Gadfly. The Horse-fly
17.19 : The Locust in Galatia
7.10 : The Dog's devotion to its master; Galba's dog
12.41 : The Ganges and its Turtles and Crocodiles
14.14 : The Gazelles of Libya
12.33 : The Geese of the Capitol
5.29 : Geese in love with human beings. Geese and Eagles
13.1 : Gelon and a Wolf
6.62 : Gelon and his dog
11.37 : Various Genera of the animal world
12.21 : Eagle saves the baby Gilgamos
13.28 : The Gilthead
1.5 : The Gnawer and Dolphins
7.14 : The Goat cures cataract
7.26 : The Goat and human spittle
1.53 : The Goat, its breathing
16.30 : The Goats of Lycia
16.34 : The Goats of Sardinia
16.35 : Fish as food for Goats
17.34 : The Goats and Camels of the Caspii
4.32 : The Goats and Sheep of India
3.39 : The Goatsucker
2.39 : The Golden Eagle
4.47 : The Golden Oriole
4.54 : Asp in love with a Goose-herd
11.38 : The Egyptian Goose
5.30 : The Egyptian Goose
7.41 : Lacydes and his Goose
13.1 : Gordius and an Eagle.
9.37 : Grafting of trees
3.36 : The Grape-spider
14.22 : The Grayling, how caught
4.27 : The Gryphons and the gold of Bactria
4.42 : The Francolin. The Guinea-fowl
5.14 : (i) Rats in Gyarus and Teredon
H
5.20 : The Hake
6.30 : The Hake
7.17 : Ceryl and Halcyon
9.17 : The Halcyon and its nest
1.36 : The Torpedo. The Halcyon
6.47 : The Hare
13.11 : Fox and Hare. The Hare and its young
13.12 : The male Hare
13.14 : The Hare of the plains, the Hare of the mountains. Hare and Hounds
2.12 : The Hare
13.13 : The Hare, its habits
11.23 : The Harper fish
10.14 : The Hawk
11.39 : The Hawk
12.4 : The Hawk : various species
7.9 : The Hawk in Egypt
2.43 : Hawks and their eyesight. Hawks of Egypt
17.46 : Cockerels and Hens in temples of Heracles and Hebe
3.10 : The Hedgehog
6.54 : The Hedgehog
6.64 : Fox and Hedgehog
14.4 : Medicinal properties of the Sea-urchin and Hedgehog
4.17 : The Hedgehog. The Lynx
6.24 : The Fox and Hedgehog
15.13 : The tale of Canobus and Helen
9.21 : Helen of Troy and Snakes in Pharos
11.19 : Earthquake at Helice
4.23 : The Willow. The Hemlock
5.5 : The victorious Hen
17.46 : Cockerels and Hens in temples of Heracles and Hebe
9.32 : Henbane, how gathered
11.3 : Dogs sacred to Hephaestus at Etna
6.40 : Heracles revered by Mice
1.37 : Protective and numbing powers of certain Herbs
11.4 : The worship of Demeter at Hermione
7.31 : The Hermit Crab
2.18 : Medicine in the Heroic Age
5.35 : The Heron and Oysters
9.31 : Hiccups and its cure
12.2 : Sacred Fish at Hierapolis
7.39 : A horned Hind
5.53 : The Hippopotamus
15.7 : Honey-dew in India
12.40 : Honours paid to Animals
16.5 : The Hoopoe of India. A Brahmani myth
3.26 : The Hoopoe
3.34 : A wonderful Horn
1.19 : The Horned Ray
10.40 : The Horned Ass of Scythia
15.28 : The Little Horned Owl
2.53 : Hornless Cattle. Bees in Scythia
16.25 : The Horse trained for battle
11.36 : The Horse
4.6 : The Horse
6.6 : The Horse in battle
4.50 : The Horse, its eyelashes
13.9 : The Indian Horse.
11.31 : Serapis restores a Horse's eye
6.44 : The Horse's devotion to its master
16.23 : The people of Sybaris and their Horses
15.25 : Horses fed on fish ; affected by music ; their age
2.28 : The Bustard and Horses
3.2 : Horses of Libya.
4.51 : The Gadfly. The Horse-fly
6.37 : The Gadfly. The Horse-fly
12.25 : The Horse-mackerel. The 'Charax'.
4.19 : The Indian Hound
7.12 : A pregnant Hound
7.28 : Icarius and the Hound of Erigone
7.29 : A faithful Hound
8.2 : The Hound's delight in hunting
1.8 : Nicias and his Hounds
11.13 : The Hounds of Daphnis
11.20 : Sacred Hounds in the temple of Adranus
13.14 : Hare and Hounds
13.24 : Xenophon on Hounds
3.2 : Hounds of Crete and elsewhere
8.1 : Indian Hounds bred from tigers
8.6 : Hunters and hunted
11.9 : Hunting on Ichara
14.5 : Hunting for Elephants' tusks
1.25 : The Hyena
13.27 : The Hyena fish. Depilatories
6.14 : The Hyena, its narcotic powers
7.22 : The Hyena. The 'Corocottas'
I
6.15 : Dolphin and boy at Iasus
14.16 : The Ibex of Libya
10.29 : The Ibis
2.35 : The Ibis and clysters
2.38 : The Ibis
7.28 : Icarius and the Hound of Erigone
11.9 : Hunting on Ichara
10.47 : The Ichneumon
3.22 : Ichneumon and Asp
6.38 : The Asp, its bite fatal. The Ichneumon
16.2 : Birds of India
16.8 : Water-snakes of India
16.12 : Fishes of India
16.13 : The Skate and the Prawn of India
16.14 : The Turtle and the Tortoise of India
16.15 : The Ants of India
16.21 : Satyr-like creatures: in India
16.37 : The Psylli of India and their horses, etc.
16.41 : Winged Scorpions and Snakes, and Lizards of India
17.2 : Snakes of India
12.32 : The Snakes of India
13.18 : The royal parks of India and their Birds
15.15 : Animal contests in India
15.7 : Honey-dew in India
3.3 : India devoid of Pigs
3.4 : Ants of India
4.26 : Falconry in India
4.32 : The Goats and Sheep of India
4.36 : The Purple Snake of India
4.52 : The Wild Ass of India
16.39 : Monstrous snakes in India, in Ethiopia.
16.5 : The Hoopoe of India. A Brahmani myth
16.20 : Wild animals of India. The 'Cartazonus'
16.9 : The Indian Mule
17.25 : An Indian Monkey ; its capacity for imitation
17.26 : The Indian Lion
17.29 : Indian Elephants of war
17.33 : An Indian bird
13.25 : Animals presented to the Indian King
13.9 : The Indian Horse. The War Elephant
14.13 : The Indian King, his food
15.14 : Animals presented to the Indian King
4.19 : The Indian Hound
8.1 : Indian Hounds bred from tigers
8.24 : The Indian Mynah
16.17 : The Turtle of the Indian Ocean
16.19 : The Sea-hare of the Indian Ocean
15.8 : Pearl-fishing in the Indian Ocean
5.3 : A monstrous Snake in the Indus
3.18 : The Inflater fish
9.65 : Initiates abstain from certain fish
9.39 : Insects, etc., born in plants
9.33 : Intestinal Worm
14.23 : The Ister and its Fish
14.26 : The Ister in winter. Ships ice-bound. Fishing in winter
J
1.7 : The Jackal
4.30 : The Jackdaw
17.16 : The Veneti and Jackdaws
3.12 : Jackdaws and Locusts
3.17 : Jealousy in animals
15.26 : The Acomys. The Jerboa
K
2.43 : The Kestrel
1.60 : The King Bee
5.10 : Bees and their King
5.11 : The King Bee
5.15 : The King Wasp
7.32 : The King Whelk
4.46 : (i) The Lac insect
7.41 : Lacydes and his Goose
7.15 : Laenilla and her sons
12.3 : A monstrous Lamb
5.25 : The Lamb
7.25 : Lap-dog reveals adulterer
5.14 : (ii) Scorpions on Mt Latmus
11.16 : The Serpent of Lavinium
17.43 : The Leopard of Caria
6.2 : A tame Leopard
11.24 : The Leopard fish.
4.49 : The Leopard
5.40 : The Leopard
5.54 : Leopard and Monkeys
13.10 : Leopard-hunting in Mauretania
14.11 : The Wild Cattle of Libya
14.14 : The Gazelles of Libya
14.16 : The Ibex of Libya
14.17 : The Tortoise of Libya
2.48 : Ravens of Egypt, of Libya
6.23 : The Scorpion in Libya
17.10 : Peculiarities of Libya, the Euxine, Ethiopia
3.2 : Horses of Libya
12.16 : The Libyan Ass
12.44 : Music and the Elephant and the Libyan Mare
6.55 : The Limpet
10.32 : The Linnet
4.34 : The Lion
5.39 : The Lion
7.23 : A Lion's vengeance
9.30 : The Lion's tracks
17.26 : The Indian Lion
17.36 : Lion and Camels
12.7 : The Lion in Egypt. The Sphinx. The Nemean Lion
15.17 : Lion and Dolphin compared
3.31 : The Cock feared by Basilisk and Lion
4.3 : Lion and Lioness
7.48 : Androcles and the Lion
9.1 : The Lion in old age
4.45 : The story of a Lion, a Bear, and a Dog
17.27 : The Nomaei and Lions
17.41 : A plague of Lions
12.23 : Tame Lions in Elam
3.1 : Lions of Mauretania
3.21 : A Bear and Lions
3.27 : No Lions in Peloponnese
5.47 : A Lizard regains its lost sight
2.23 : The Lizard, its vitality
16.41 : Lizards of India
8.23 : The Smooth Lobster
5.9 : The Cicadas of Locris and Rhegium
17.19 : The Locust in Galatia
3.12 : Jackdaws and Locusts
8.11 : Love of beauty in animals
16.30 : The Goats of Lycia
14.6 : The Elephant. The Lynx
4.17 : The Hedgehog. The Lynx
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15.1 : Fly-fishing in Macedonia
10.6 : The Spanish Mackerel
14.1 : Tame Mackerel
17.11 : The Malmignatte
9.11 : The Malmignatte and the Asp, their bites
4.21 : The Mantichore
4.11 : The Mare
6.48 : The Mare's love for its foal
12.44 : Music and the Elephant and the Libyan Mare
14.18 : 'Mare's-frenzy'. Statue of Mare at Olympia
2.10 : Mating of Mare and Ass
4.8 : Groom in love with Mare
3.8 : Mares and foals
6.7 : The Crow of King Marēs
12.5 : The Marten and Alcmena
4.14 : Marten and Snake
15.11 : The Marten. The Marten-fish
10.2 : Mating season for Fishes
2.10 : Mating of Mare and Ass
9.66 : Mating of Viper and Moray
13.10 : Leopard-hunting in Mauretania
14.10 : The Wild Ass of Mauretania
3.1 : Lions of Mauretania
14.4 : Medicinal properties of the Sea-urchin and Hedgehog
2.18 : Medicine in the Heroic Age
5.1 : The Ruff, the bird of Memnon
6.10 : (ii) Memory in animals
16.38 : Snakes and Crabs at Metropolis
6.40 : Heracles revered by Mice
2.56 : A shower of Mice, of Frogs
7.46 : Mithridates, his bodyguard
11.11 : Mneuis, the sacred bull of the Egyptians, and King Bocchoris
14.25 : The Moesians and their fishing
17.10 : The Mole in Boeotia
17.25 : An Indian Monkey ; its capacity for imitation; how caught
5.26 : The Monkey
5.7 : Monkey and Cats
7.21 : Monkey and baby
17.39 : Monkeys of Prasiaea
5.54 : Leopard and Monkeys
16.10 : Monkeys of Prasiaea
12.27 : The Red Sea Monkey fish
6.26 : The Monkey-spider
15.4 : The Moon-fish
4.10 : Elephants worship the Moon
9.6 : The Moon, its influence on Shellfish and Animals
1.33 : The Moray
1.50 : The Moray and the Viper
9.66 : Mating of Viper and Moray
17.40 : Population expelled by Mosquitoes, Scorpions, and Spiders
12.5 : The Mouse worshipped in the Troad
2.56 : The Mouse and its liver
5.22 : Mouse saved from drowning
6.41 : The Mouse in Egypt
12.10 : Two proverbs. The Mouse, its character
9.3 : The Mouse.
9.41 : The Mouse. The 'Sea-mouse '
16.9 : The Indian Mule
6.49 : An aged Mule
7.42 : Thales and his Mule
1.3 : The Mullet
10.7 : Cooking a Red Mullet
13.19 : Fishing for Mullet
2.41 : The Red Mullet
9.51 : The Red Mullet
1.12 : The Mullet, how caught
12.44 : Music and the Elephant and the Libyan Mare
12.46 : Music as a means of capturing Animals
16.3 : The Mynah
8.24 : The Indian Mynah
11.29 : The Sheep of Pontus and Naxos
17.28 : The Neades of Samos
12.7 : The Nemean Lion
14.28 : The Nerites : two myths
15.20 : The Cock in Nibas
1.8 : Nicias and his Hounds
7.45 : (iii) Nicknames from animals
1.43 : The Nightingale
3.40 : The Nightingale
5.38 : The Nightingale
12.29 : The Nile Perch
3.33 : Nile water promotes fertility in animals
10.43 : Fish in the Nile mud
5.52 : Reptiles foretell the Nile's rise
17.27 : The Nomaei and Lions
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1.27 : The Octopus
10.38 : Octopus and Crayfish.
13.6 : A monstrous Octopus
6.28 : The Octopus
7.11 : Octopus and Eagle
9.25 : Crayfish and Octopus
9.45 : The Octopus and fruit-trees
14.18 : Statue of Mare at Olympia
10.21 : The Crocodile, worshipped at Ombos, killed at Apollinopolis
12.11 : Onuphis, the sacred bull
4.47 : The Golden Oriole
2.27 : The Ostrich
4.37 : The Ostrich
14.7 : The Ostrich; method of capture
14.21 : The Otter
1.29 : The Owl
15.28 : The Little Horned Owl
3.9 : Owl and Crow
10.37 : The Owl, an evil omen
5.2 : Crete hostile to Owls and Snakes
4.35 : The Ox and its memory
8.14 : Wolves and Ox
2.57 : The Ox, man's benefactor
12.19 : Democritus on the growth of horns in Oxen
15.24 : Racing Oxen
2.20 : Oxen of Erythrae
4.25 : Oxen treading out the corn
5.35 : The Heron and Oysters
7.12 : The Women of Paeonia
16.6 : The Pangolin
13.18 : The royal parks of India and their Birds. The Parrot
1.2 : The Parrot Wrasse
1.4 : The 'Anthias'. The Parrot Wrasse
12.42 : The Parrot Wrasse
2.54 : The Parrot Wrasse
10.35 : The Partridge
3.16 : The Partridge and its young
4.13 : The Partridge : three kinds
4.16 : The Partridge as decoy
3.5 : The Partridge, its amorous nature
4.12 : The Partridge, its young
17.15 : The hen Partridge. The Toad's two livers
4.1 : The Partridge. Cretan lovers
3.35 : Partridges, their different notes
5.21 : The Peacock
5.32 : The Peacock
11.33 : A sacred Peacock
3.42 : The Purple Coot. The Peacock
10.13 : Fauna of Arabia. The Pearl
15.8 : Pearl-fishing in the Indian Ocean
15.10 : The Pelamyd
3.20 : The Pelican. The Sea-mew
3.27 : No Lions in Peloponnese
14.27 : The Peony, how plucked
12.29 : The Nile Perch
3.28 : The Perseus fish
16.42 : River-snakes in Persia
15.26 : Scorpions in Persia. The Acomys. The Jerboa
9.21 : Helen of Troy and Snakes in Pharos
6.58 : The Phoenix
2.21 : Snakes of Ethiopia and Phrygia
10.16 : The Pig in Egypt
9.28 : Flesh of the Pig
16.36 : Elephants routed by Pigs
3.3 : India devoid of Pigs
8.19 : Pigs and pirates
3.15 : The Pigeon
3.5 : The Pigeon, its conjugal fidelity
3.45 : Pigeons and young; and birds of prey
4.2 : The Pigeons of Aphrodite at Eryx
15.23 : The Pilot-fish
2.15 : The Pilot-fish
10.48 : The story of Pindus and a Serpent
3.29 : The Pinna
15.16 : The Pipe-fish
9.60 : The Pipe-fish
3.11 : The Crocodile and Egyptian Plover
8.25 : The Egyptian Plover
16.16 : The Chasm of Pluto
2.50 : Poisonous fishes
4.18 : Objects poisonous to certain animals
11.29 : The Sheep of Pontus and Naxos
1.31 : The Porcupine
12.26 : The Porcupine
2.6 : Dolphin and boy at Poroselene
5.4 : The Porpoise
7.37 : Porus and his Elephant
15.6 : Tunny-fishers and Poseidon
16.10 : Monkevs of Prasiaea
17.39 : Monkeys of Prasiaea
16.13 : The Skate and the Prawn of India
1.30 : The Basse and the Prawn
16.27 : The Psylli and noxious creatures
16.28 : The Psylli and snake-bites
16.37 : The Psylli of India and their horses, etc.
1.57 : The Cerastes and the Psylli
11.25 : Ptolemy II and his Elephant
9.5 : Puppies
3.42 : The Purple Coot. The Peacock
5.28 : The Purple Coot
16.1 : The Purple Shellfish
7.34 : The Purple Shellfish
4.36 : The Purple Snake of India
15.29 : The Pygmies and their Queen
7.41 : Pyrrhus and his Elephant
13.15 : The Rabbit
2.44 : The Rainbow Wrasse
10.18 : The Ram
17.17 : The Rats of Teredon
5.14 : (i) Rats in Gyarus and Teredon
2.51 : The Raven, its daring, voice, and diet
1.47 : The Raven's thirst
1.48 : The Raven in divination; its eggs
2.49 : The Raven and its young
3.43 : The Raven in old age
7.18 : The Raven
2.48 : Ravens of Egypt, of Libya
1.19 : The Horned Ray
10.7 : Cooking a Red Mullet
2.41 : The Red Mullet
9.51 : The Red Mullet
10.20 : A Red Sea Shellfish
11.21 : A Red Sea Snail
12.27 : The Red Sea Monkey fish
5.52 : Reptiles foretell the Nile's rise
17.35 : The Rhaucii expelled by Bees
5.9 : The Cicadas of Locris and Rhegium
17.44 : The Rhinoceros; a fight with an Elephant
12.22 : Dogs at Rhocca
3.44 : Ringdoves, their conjugal fidelity
4.58 : The Rock-dove. The 'Circe'
5.1 : The Ruff, the bird of Memnon
5.41 : Ruminants and their stomachs
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11.20 : Sacred Hounds in the temple of Adranus
12.1 : Sacred Fish at Myra
12.2 : Sacred Fish at Hierapolis
2.31 : The Salamander
17.28 : The Neades of Samos
16.7 : The Sand-partridge.
16.34 : The Goats of Sardinia
13.2 : The Sargue
1.23 : The Sargue, how caught
16.21 : Satyr-like creatures: in India
10.15 : The Scarab
16.22 : The Sciratae. Snakes of their country
6.20 : The Scorpion : various kinds
6.23 : The Scorpion in Libya
9.4 : The Scorpion, its sting
16.41 : Winged Scorpions and Snakes, and Lizards of India
10.23 : The Scorpions of Coptos
15.26 : Scorpions in Persia.
5.14 : (ii) Scorpions on Mt Latmus
17.40 : Population expelled by Mosquitoes, Scorpions, and Spiders
16.42 : Winged Scorpions
10.40 : The Horned Ass of Scythia
2.53 : Bees in Scythia
1.26 : The Black Sea-bream
9.50 : The Sea-calf. The Whale. The Seal
9.59 : Sea-fish spawn in fresh water
16.19 : The Sea-hare of the Indian Ocean
2.45 : The Sea-hare
14.20 : The Sea-horse, its, poisonous nature
14.9 : The Sea-lion
3.20 : The Pelican. The Sea-mew
17.6 : The Crocodile. Sea-monsters
5.18 : The Great Sea-perch
9.38 : The Sea-sheep, and other fish
14.4 : Medicinal properties of the Sea-urchin and Hedgehog
7.33 : The Sea-urchin
9.47 : The Sea-urchin
3.19 : The Seal
4.56 : Seal in love with a Diver
9.50 : The Sea-calf. The Whale. The Seal
9.9 : The Seal
14.24 : A deadly Seaweed
11.31 : Serapis restores a Horse's eye
11.34 : A victim of poisoning saved by Serapis
11.35 : Cures wrought by Serapis
3.37 : Frogs in Seriphus
10.48 : The story of Pindus and a Serpent
11.16 : The Serpent of Lavinium
11.17 : A sacred Serpent and the penalty of inquisitiveness
6.17 : Serpent in love with a girl
11.2 : Serpents sacred to Apollo in Epirus
1.10 : Servitors among Bees
9.48 : Sexual stimulants for animals
2.55 : The Shark
1.55 : Sharks and Dog-fish
14.25 : The Moesians and their fishing. The Sheat-fish
16.26 : The Sheep in cold weather
16.32 : The Sheep of Ceos
16.33 : The Cattle and Sheep of various countries
10.4 : The Sheep of Arabia
11.29 : The Sheep of Pontus and Naxos
4.32 : The Goats and Sheep of India
8.21 : Waters that change the colour of Sheep
7.27 : The Sheep. Winds promote fertility
16.1 : The Purple Shellfish
10.20 : A Red Sea Shellfish
7.34 : The Purple Shellfish
9.6 : The Moon, its influence on Shellfish and Animals
2.37 : The Shrew-mouse
8.13 : The ' Sibritae ' scorpions
16.13 : The Skate and the Prawn of India
11.21 : A Red Sea Snail
15.21 : A monstrous Snake
4.14 : Marten and Snake
4.36 : The Purple Snake of India
5.3 : A monstrous Snake in the Indus
5.31 : Anatomy of the Snake
6.63 : Snake befriends boy
9.16 : The Snake and its eyesight
6.18 : The Snake, its voracity and speed
6.4 : The Snake, its diet of poison
3.5 : Tortoise and Snake
16.22 : The Sciratae. Snakes of their country
16.38 : Snakes and Crabs at Metropolis
16.42 : Two-headed Snakes ; river-snakes in Persia
17.1 : Monstrous Snakes and Crabs
17.2 : Snakes of India
8.13 : Various Snakes
1.51 : Snakes generated from marrow of evil-doers
12.32 : The Snakes of India
2.21 : Snakes of Ethiopia and Phrygia
2.9 : Deer and Snakes
4.33 : The Chameleon and Snakes
5.2 : Crete hostile to Owls and Snakes
9.21 : Helen of Troy and Snakes in Pharos
9.26 : Snakes and certain herbs
9.29 : Snakes at the source of the Euphrates
9.44 : Troglodytes and Snakes
16.41 : Winged Scorpions and Snakes, and Lizards of India
12.39 : The Snake-born
9.62 : Death of a Snake-charmer
5.51 : Various Sounds made by animals
12.38 : A winged Sow
10.6 : The Spanish Mackerel
4.38 : The Sparrow
17.41 : A plague of Field-mice, of Sparrows, of Frogs, of Lions
1.46 : The Four-toothed Sparus
12.7 : The Lion in Egypt. The Sphinx
1.21 : The Spider and its web
6.57 : The Spider's web
17.40 : Population expelled by Mosquitoes, Scorpions, and Spiders
8.16 : The Sponge
2.22 : The Sprat
6.32 : The Sprat and music
6.5 : The Stag and its antlers
13.4 : The Star-gazer fish
9.22 : Starfish and Oysters
17.18 : The Sting-ray and music
1.56 : The Sting-ray
2.36 : The Sting-ray
8.26 : The Sting-ray
1.39 : The Sting-ray, how caught
17.13 : The Stone-curlew
16.4 : The Adjutant Stork
8.20 : Stork punishes adulteress
8.22 : Woman of Tarentum and Stork
3.23 : Storks, their mutual affection ; transformation into human beings
8.28 : The Sturgeon. The 'Anthias'
14.26 : The Ister in winter. Fishing in winter. The Sturgeon
2.17 : The Sucking-fish
7.1 : The Cows of Susa
17.20 : A White Swallow
1.52 : The Swallow
10.34 : The Swallow as omen
2.3 : The Swallow
3.24 : The Swallow and its nest
3.25 : The Swallow and its young
17.24 : The Swan
10.36 : The Swan
2.32 : The Swan and its song
5.34 : The Swan and death
11.1 : Swans and the worship of Apollo
14.23 : The Ister and its Fish. The Sword-fish
16.23 : The people of Sybaris and their Horses
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12.23 : Tame Lions in Elam
12.30 : Tame Fish of various lands
14.1 : Tame Mackerel
8.4 : (i) Tame Fishes (ii) Tame Crocodiles
10.10 : Taming an Elephant
16.17 : The island of Taprobane. The Turtle of the Indian Ocean
16.18 : The Elephants of Taprobane ; its sea-monsters
8.22 : Woman of Tarentum and Stork
10.24 : The Crocodile, killed at Tentyra, worshipped at Coptos
17.17 : The Rats of Teredon
5.14 : (i) Rats in Gyarus and Teredon
7.42 : Thales and his Mule
17.12 : A poisonous Toad
17.15 : The hen Partridge. The Toad's two livers
9.14 : The Torpedo
1.36 : The Torpedo. The Halcyon. Causes of numbness
5.37 : The Torpedo. The Great Weever
14.17 : The Tortoise of Libya
16.14 : The Turtle and the Tortoise of India
3.5 : Tortoise and Snake.
6.12 : Tortoise and Viper
7.16 : Eagle and Tortoise
15.19 : The Tortoise, male and female
17.3 : Monstrous Vipers and Tortoises
13.21 : The Triton
12.5 : The Mouse worshipped in the Troad
9.44 : Troglodytes and Snakes
9.21 : Helen of Troy and Snakes in Pharos
9.42 : The Tunny
1.40 : The Great Tunny
15.3 : The Tunny
15.6 : Tunny-fishers and Poseidon
15.5 : Tunny-fishing in the Euxine
13.16 : Fishing for Tunny
16.14 : The Turtle and the Tortoise of India
16.17 : The Turtle of the Indian Ocean
4.28 : The Turtle and its eyes
12.41 : The Ganges and its Turtles and Crocodiles
17.16 : The Veneti and Jackdaws
1.50 : The Moray and the Viper
10.9 : The Viper
15.16 : The Viper and its young
6.12 : Tortoise and Viper
9.66 : Mating of Viper and Moray
1.54 : Viper, Asp, etc., their bites
17.3 : Monstrous Vipers and Tortoises
1.24 : Vipers and their mating
2.52 : Viviparous animals
10.22 : The Vulture
1.45 : Vulture's feathers
2.46 : The Vulture. The 'Aegypius'
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12.9 : The Wagtail
5.15 : The King Wasp
5.16 : The Wasp and its poison
4.39 : The Fox and Wasps
1.28 : Wasps, how generated
12.24 : The Water-phoenix
4.57 : The Water-snake, its bite
12.15 : Frog and Water-snake
16.8 : Water-snakes of India
12.8 : The Wax-moth
14.12 : The Weever
5.37 : The Torpedo. The Great Weever
9.50 : The Sea-calf. The Whale. The Seal
7.32 : The King Whelk
4.23 : The Willow. The Hemlock
7.27 : The Sheep. Winds promote fertility
9.18 : The herb Wolf's-bane
13.1 : Gelon and a Wolf
4.4 : The Wolf
5.19 : Wolf and Bull
10.26 : The Wolf, beloved of Apollo ; reveals sacrilege
4.15 : The Wolf, when full-fed
3.6 : Wolves cross a river
6.65 : Wolves and fishermen
7.20 : Hungry Wolves
8.14 : Wolves and Ox
1.45 : Vulture's feathers. The Woodpecker
9.33 : Intestinal Worm
1.14 : The Wrasse, its paternal instincts
1.15 : The Wrasse, how caught
1.2 : The Parrot Wrasse
1.4 : The 'Anthias'. The Parrot Wrasse
12.42 : The Parrot Wrasse
2.54 : The Parrot Wrasse
12.35 : The Dogs Of Xanthippus
16.11 : The Yak