ARISTOTLE 



748 a 



Xtjopa. Sea Tavr7]v Se rrjv alriav koI ra 6)(€La 

 evL^aXXovcn roXs ovols ovx ojCTTrep rolg trrTrois /car' 

 LGiq^epiav, dAAa rrepl rporra? depivd^, ottojs iv 



30 aXeetvfj yLvrjrai cjpa ra TTCoXia {iv rfj avrfj yap 

 yiverai iv rj av ox^vdfj- ivtavrov yap kv€l /cat 

 LTTTTOS /cat ovos). ovTos S' waTTcp eiprirai ifjvxpov 

 TTjv (j>v<jLV, Kal TTjv yovrjv dvayKaiov etvai rod 

 roiovTov ijjvxpdv. {arjpLelov Se rovrov Sta tovto 

 yap, eav jxev Ittttos dva^fj iirl cj-x^ev p.ivr]v vtto 

 ovov, ov hia^deipei rrjv rod ovov 6)(^eiav, 6 8' ovos 



35 eav eTrava^ij, SuacfiOetpei, rrjv rod Ittttov Std 

 748 b tpvxpdrrjTa rrjv rod aTrippiaros.) orav fiev ovv 



dXX-qXois pLLX^ajcTL, aco^erai Std rrjv daripov dep- 

 pLorrjra, deppuorepov yap ro dno rod Ittttov dTTO- 

 KpLvofievov Tj fjiev yap rod ovov ipvxpd /cat rj vXr] 

 /cat rj yovrj, rj Se rod Ittttov deppLoripa. orav Se 

 5 l-it-X^fj y) depfiov eVt i/jvxpov 'q tpvxpov eVt deppiov, 

 avpL^atv€L avro fiiv ro iK rovrojv Kvrjpua yevopuevov^ 

 acu^eadaL /cat raur' e^ dXXijXojv etvai y6vip,a, ro 

 S' e/c rovrcov pirjKerL yovipLOv dXX dyovov els 

 reXeioyoviav. 



OXojs o VTTapxovrog eKarepov €V(/)Vods TTpos 

 ayoviav, rep re yap ovco VTrdpxei ra dXXa ra elprj- 



10 pidva, /cat idv p.rj pLerd rov ^oXov rov Trpwrov 

 dp^iqraL yevvdv, ovKert yewd ro Trapdnav ovrtos 

 irrl^ piiKpod e^erat rod^ dyovov etvai ro acopia rdjv 

 ovcov. opLoiois Se /cat d Ittttos' ev(f>vr]s ydp TTpos 



^ yfv- PSYZ* : yiv- vulg. 

 ^ em om. Z. ^ rov P, Piatt : to vulg. 



" i.e., a mare ; cf. H.A. 577 a 13, 28. 

 * According to H.A. 577 a 18, this happens at the age of 

 2i years ; see also 545 b 20. 



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