746 a 



ARISTOTLE 



8e KOTvXr]S6v€s av^avo[ji€vov Kal reXeovfjievov rod 

 ijji^pvov yivovrai iXdrrovs, /cat tcAo? d(f)avi^ovTac 

 reXecoOevros. els tovto yap TTpoeKrWeTai rols 

 i/ji^pvoLS Tj (f>vaLS TTjV alpLaTLKrjv rpocjy'qv rrjs vari- 

 pas cjOTTep els fxaarovs, /cat Sta to a.dpoLt,e- 

 5 aQai Kara} puKpov e/c TroAAoiv olov e^dvdrjp^a /cat 

 (fyXeypLaaia yiverat to acopca to ttjs KorvXrjhovos . 

 ecus p-ev dv ovv eXarrov fj ro ep^^pvov, ov Svvdpevov 

 TToXArjv Xap,^dv€LV rpocjyrjv, SrjXat clai /cat /xet'^ores", 

 av^fjdevros Se avpLTTLTTTOVOLV. 



To. 8e TToAAa Twv koXo^cov t,a>iov /cat dp,(f)a)B6vTCov 



10 ovK e^ei. KorvXrjhovas^ iv raXs varrepats, aAA' o 

 6pL(f)aX6s els (j>Xe^a TetVet pbiav, avrr] Se rerarat 8ta 

 TTJs varepas exovaa p,eyedos. CTrel 8e rd p.ev 

 pLovoroKa rd he TToXvroKa ribv toiovtojv earl 

 t,(x)wv, Kal rd TrXeioi tcov epi^pvcov tov avrov e)(eL 

 rpoirov TO) evi. 8et 8e ravra decopetv e/c re rcov 



15 TTapaheLyp.dra)v tcov iv rats dvarop,als /cat tcov ev 

 Tat? laroplais yeypap.pLevcov. ire^vKacTL ydp rd 

 t,ipa e/c rod op(f)aXov, 6 8' 6p,cf)aX6s e/c rrjs (f)Xe^6s, 

 ecfje^-qs aAArjAot?, waTrepavel Trap* oxerdv rrjv 

 (fiXe^a peovaav irepl Se eKaarov rcov ep-^pvaiv ot 

 6 V peeves /cat rd ^ppiov eanv. 



Ot Se Aeyoi^Te? rpe(f)eadaL rd TratSta ev rats 



20 varepats Sta rov aapKihiov Tt ^SaXXetv ovk opdios 



^ Kara P : Kal Kara vulg. 

 ^ KOTvX7]S6vas P : KOTvXrj86va vulg. 



" Here seems to mean " hornless." 



'' Aetius ascribes a similar theory to Democritus and 

 Epicurus (Aet. 5. 16 ; see Diels, Vorsokr.^ 68 A 144) ; 

 Censorinus {De die natali 6. 3; Diels 38 A 17) to Diogenes 

 and Hippocrates. Cf. Hippocrates, it. oapKcov 6 (viii. 592 



240 



