ARISTOTLE 



738 b 



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 ^ <ov> supplevi. * seclusi. 



<• See Bk. I. 718 a 10 ff. 



* Cf. Hippocrates, tt. aapKuiv 13 (viii. 600 Littre) ij 8e 

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 eKaarov okoicl -nep r)v. 



" The '■ concoction " of the semen in viviparous land- 

 animals takes place actually during copulation (see 717 b 24 



186 



