ARISTOTLE 



716 b 



Travra. ra Se t^cooroKa navra fxev iv rco efxirpoadev 

 k-)(eL rovs 6p)(eLs, aAA' evia avraJv eaat Trpo? rip 

 reAet ttjs yaarpo?, olov 6 SeAi^i?, kol ov rropovs 

 aAA' alSolov 0,770 tovtmv Trepaivov els to e^cu, 

 Kadarrep ot, jSoe?,^ to. 8' e^co, Kal tovtcjov to. [xev 



30 a7T7]pTr]fjLevovs, cocrTrep avdpcoTTOs, ra Se Trpo? rfj 

 eSpa, KaOdnep ol veg. Stajpiarat Se Trept avrojv 

 akpL^earepov iv rats laroplais rat? Trepl rcov t,woiv. 

 At 8' vcnepai Trdai^ [xev elai St/xepet?, KadaTrep 

 /cat ot opyets rols dppeac Svo Trdaiv ravras S' 

 exovat TOL [X€v irpos rols dpdpoLs, KadaTrep at re 



35 yuvat/ce? «:at rravra ra ^cooroKovvra pbTj jjlovov 

 717 a dvpal,e dXXd /cat iv avroZs, /cat ot l)(dves oaoi 



cpOTOKovaiv etj rovficfjaves, rd Se Trpo? roi yTro- 

 l^copiarL, KaQdrrep ol r dpvides navres /cat rcbv 

 l)(dvwv ot t,(x>oroKOVvres . exovat, Se St/cpoa? /cat 

 TO, jxaXaKoarpaKa rds varipas /cat ra jLtaAa/cta* to, 

 5 yap KaXov[xeva rovroiv u)d rovs TTepie)(ovras 

 Vfjievas varepiKovs ^'x^i- 



MaAtCTTa he dSiopiarov iirl rcov ttoXvttoSojv iariv, 

 ojare SoKelv jxtav etvai' rovrov 8' atrtov o rov 

 CTCu/xaros oyKos Travrj) opioios <^v. St/cpdat Be /cat 



^ Kaddnep ol /So'e? delet Piatt, qui tauros credit significari. 

 ^ wacrt PSYZ* : Traaai Bekker per errorem. 



" In front : that is, with reference to the ideal posture of 

 an animal, viz., that of man. 



* The term aiSoXov seems to be used inclusively by Aris- 

 totle for any genital organs ; often it means " penis," but 

 obviously it cannot mean this here. Cf. H.A. 509 b 27-29. 



•^ For the bos, one of the Selachia or cartilaginous fishes, 

 cf. H.A. 540 b 17 if., 5Q(i b 4. It is probably either Noti- 

 danus griseus, which has very large eyes, or Cephaloptera 

 giorna { = Dicerobatis g.), the " ox-ray," 



This reference to j8oe? is excised from the text by Piatt, who 



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