755 b 



ARISTOTLE 



ojpav (f)aLV€Tai o.fi(f)OLV iKQXi^ojxevov . exovat 8e 

 /cat varepas^ at ^T^Aetat- eSet 8' ov ixovov rovg 

 looTOKOvvrag dAAa Kal tovs dXXovg ^x^tv fteV, dAAa 

 Sta^epouCTa? rcijv ojoro kovvt ojv , [waTrep at rjfxiovoL 

 €v TO) yevet tcDv Ao^oupcop-,]^ eiTrep t^j/ ^t^Au to 



20 yevo? Trdv, dAA areKvoi rives avroJv. vvv 8' ot 

 fiev exovai dopLKo. ol ^' vcrrepas, Kal Iv airaaLV 

 eqcj 8i;otr, ipvOpivov /cat x^^^V^> ^^'^'^ iarlv rj 

 8ta0opd- ot fjiev yap dopcKa exovaiv, ol 8' varcpas.^ 

 -q 8' aTTopia 8t' rjv ovrcos VTTo\ap,^dvovat,v , evXvros 

 TO avpu^aZvov aKovaaaiv. ovdkv yap tcov ox^vo- 

 {xevojv TToXXd (f)aat, tlkt€iv, Aeyovre? opdojg' oaa 



25 ycup i^ avrajv yewa re'Aeta t] ^aia rj cod, ov ttoXv- 

 TOK€L ovrcos co(T7T€p OL cporoKovvres rcov Lxdvcov 

 aTTAerov ydp ti ro^ rovrcov ttXtjOos tcov cocov iariv. 

 dXXd rovro ovxl crvvecopdKeaav, on ovx ojxolo- 



rpOTTCOS Tols TCOV OpvWcOV €X€l, TO, TTCpl TO. (lid TCOV 



Ixdvcov. ol fxev ydp opvides Kal tcov rerparrohcov 

 30 oora cooTOKeZ, /cat et rtva rcov aeXaxcoScov, reXeiov 

 cpov yevvwai, Kal ov Xafx^dvei i^eXdov av^-qaiv ol 

 8' Ix^ves dreArj, /cat Xafx^dvei dvpat,€ rd cod rrjv 

 av^rjaiv. ert /cat errl rcov [xaXaKicuv rov avrov 

 kx^t rpoTTOv Kal iirl tcov fiaXaKoorpdKcov , d Kal 



^ haec verba post rives avrwv transtulit Piatt ; ego seclusi. 

 fortasse plura corrupta. 



" oi fiev . . . varepas secl. A.-W. 

 ' Tl TO Z : Tl vulg. 



" i.e., those which are in fact males. 



'' See note on 777 b 5. 



" Piatt transposes these words to follow " of young " a few 

 lines above ; no doubt they were part of a marginal note on 

 308 



