717 b 



ARISTOTLE 



rcov fiev TO. OKeXr] vtto fxearjv elvai rrjv yacrrepa, 

 Ta S oAoj? dcTKeXrj etvai, rrjv Se rov alSoiov (f)vaLV 

 ■r]pTrja6aL ivrevdev Kal rfj diacL KetadaL ivravda. 

 8l6 Kal iv rfj o^iXia rj avvracrts yiverai rwv oKe- 



20 Xa)V' TO re yap opyavov vevpcjhes Kal rj (f)vats^ 

 Tcvv GKeXcov vevpcuhrj^. war iirel tout' ovk iv- 

 Bex^rai ^x^iv, dvdyKrj Kal 6px€t9 r) firj e'xetv 7] [XT] 

 evravd^ exetv rolg yap exovaiv rj avrrf deaig 

 ajJi(f)OT€ pcDV avrcov. 



Eti he Toig ye rovs opx^is exovaiv e^co Sta rrj? 

 KLvrjaeco? Oepfiaivopievov rov alSoLOV irpoepx^Tai ro 



25 anepfia avvadpotadev, dAA' ovx tos eroifiov ou 

 evdvs dcyovaiv, axmep toZs Ixdvcnv. 



Hdvra S' ex^i' to. t^cooroKa tovs opx^is ev ro) 

 Ttpoadev [rj e^co\,^ ttXtjv exivov ovtos 8e Trpos rfj 

 oa<j>VL fxovos, Sict Trjv avrrjv alriav St' ^VTrep Kal ol 

 opvide^, raxvv yap dvayKalov yiveadai rov avv- 



30 SvaafJiov avrajv^' ov yap cooTrep Ta aAAa* rerpd- 

 TToSa enl rd Trpavrj eTTL^aivei, aAA' opOol p,iyvvvTai 

 Sta Tas dKdvdas. 



At rjv jxev ovv alTiav exovai Ta exovTa opx^i^s, 

 etprjTai, Kal St' rjv alriav rd fiev e^co rd S' evTos. 



^ avaraais SZ. 



* aut 7) e^oj secludenda (om. S), aut <^ hn-6s> addenda 

 (Piatt). 



^ Sia . . . avTu>v fortasse secludenda ; sed cf. 769 b 34 seqq. 



* oAAa Z : om. vulg. 



" But the goose has a penis, H.A. 509 b 30. 



* Cf. 718 a 5, 739 a 10. 



c Omit, or read " either outside or inside." 



** Inside, of course. 



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