ARISTOTLE 



753 a 



TCKCoai, otaTLuevraL )(^€Lpov, coaTrep evog tluo^ 

 CTreptcr/cd/xevai roJv avyL<f)VTOiv. 



TeXeovTai 8' ev rot? (hoZs ra t^coa ddrrov iv rat? 

 aXe€t,vats rjfjiepais' avvepydl,era.i yap r) a)pa- /cat 

 yap rj ttci/ji.? depjJLorrjS' TtV ioTLV. rj re yap yrj 



20 CTU/XTTeTTei rfj deppLOTTjTL, /cat rj €7Tcpd^ovaa ravTO 

 rovTo Spa- TTpoaeyx^i" yap roiy avrfj deppLov. /cat 

 8iacf)d€Lp€raL 8e ra wd /cat yiverai ra KaXovpueva 

 ovpta pLaXXov Kara rr^v depprjv wpav evXoyoJS' 

 wa7T€p yap /cat ot otvot iv rat? aAeat? o^vvovraL 

 dvarpeTTop.evTj'S rrjg lAuo? {tovto yap atrtov Trjg 



25 8t,a(f)dopds') , /cat iv toi? oiot? t] Ae/ct^o?* tovto yap 

 €v dp.(j}OTipois TO yecoSes", 8i6 /cat ava^oAoirrai c) 

 otvos" pLywp.ivri's tt^s- t'Auos", /cat to. hLa(f)Beip6pi€va 

 (ha TTJg XcKidov. 



Tot? juev ouv TToAuTo/cot? cruyLtjSatVet to toiovtov 

 evXoycv? {ov yap pahiov rrjv dpfxoTTOvaav Trdatv 

 d77o8tSdvat deppiaaiav, dXXd tol? pukv eAAetVetv rot? 



30 Se TrAeov'tt^etJ', /cat dva^oAow olov arJTTovaav) , toXs 

 8e yapupcovv^LV oAtyord/cots" ovctlv ovBev '^ttov 

 CTU/xjSatVet TOUTO" 77oAAd/cts" /xev' ydp /cat rotr Svolv 

 dd-Tepov ovpiov ytVerat, to 8e TptTov cus" etTreti^ def 

 depp-d yap ovTa ttjv (f>vaLV olov vnep^elv noiel t7]v 



35 vypoTTjTa ttjv iv tol? (pois. ex^i, yap 817 /cat tt)v 



(f)vuiv ivavTtav to t€ (h^pov /cat to XevKov. to 



753 b /xev yct/a (hxpdv iv Tolg irdyoig Tr-qyvvTaL, depp-aivo- 



lx€vov 8e vypaiveTai- 8td /cat avpLTreTTopievov iv ttj 



^ defifi-oTTfTos coni. A.-W. ^ npoaexet SY. 



" According to /f.^'l. 560 a 5 if., owrja is a name given to 

 wind-eggs produced chiefly in summer, zephyr ia (see 749 b 1 ) 

 to those produced in spring. * Cf. 735 a 34 tF. 



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