ARISTOTLE 



748 b 



Xiadat TTpos TTjv [jLl^lv acofia /JLrjSev to dppev. to 



S' OLTTOTeXeadev ytVerat ytvvos. tovto S' €<jtlv 



35 rjfxiovos dvoLTT-qpos' Kal yap €k tov lttttov /cat tov 



749 a ovov yivovTai yivvoi, OTav voarjarj to Kvrjfjia iv Trj 



vaT€pq.. cotC yap 6 yiwos cooTrep to. fieTaxoipa 



€v Tots j(0i/30ts" /cat yap e/cet to TTi^pajdev iv Trj 



vaTepa /caAetrat jxeTa^^oipov. ytVerat Se tolovtos 



OS av TV)(r) Twv )(OLpcov. opiOLCos Se ycvovTai /cat 



5 ot TTuy/xaiof /cat yap outol TnqpovvTai to. p-^pt) 



Kal TO pieyedos ev Trj Kvrjaei, /cat elaiv cooTrep 



IJL€Td)(oipa /cat yivvoi. 



" According to i/.^. 577 b 21, a ginnos is the offspring of 

 a mule and a mare ; and there, as here, -& ginnos is also said 

 to be the diseased offspring of a mare, and is compared with 

 dwarfs and metachoira. Aristotle thus compares the product 

 of the union of mule and mare with the diseased or deformed 



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