ARISTOTLE 



763 a 



avgrjaiv, SrjXov eirl tcov fxeXiTTchv Koi rcov roiov- 

 ruiv Kar ap)(a? yap to fxev koltoj fxopiov jxeya 



20 exovcrt, to 8' dvco eAarrov. Kal evrt tcov ooTpaKO- 

 SepfxcDV Se Tov avTov Tporrov e;)^et to. Txepl ttjv 

 av^iqaiv. (f)av€p6v 8e Kal tovt eTrl tcov crrpo/xjSco- 

 ScDv (ivY Talg eAt/cat?- aet yap av^avofievcov 

 yivovTat p.eil,ovs^ errl to Ttpoadiov Kal Tr]v KaXov- 

 jjieviqv Ke^aXr]v'. 



''Ov [xev oiiv TpoTTOv e;^et 7^ yeveats Kal tovtcov Kal 



25 TCOV d'AAoji' TCOV avTopbaTwv, eLprjTai ap^^eSov. 



"On Se avvLOTaTai ayro/xara TTOVTa tol ocrTpa- 

 KoSepfJLa, (f)av€p6v €k tojv tolovtcov, otl npos re 

 TOL9 irXoiois yiveTai arjTTop.evr]s rrjs d(j)p(LSovs 

 lAuos", Kal 7ToXXa)(ov, ov rrpoTepov ovdkv VTrrjpx^ 

 TOLOVTOV, voTepov St eVSeittv vypov tov tottov 



30 ^op^opcodevTos iyevcTO tol KaXovfxeva XipbvooTpea 

 TCOV ocjTpaKrjpcbv , olov rrepl 'Vohov vapa^aXovTos 

 vavTiKov OToXov Kal eK^XrjdevTCov K€pa[XiCov eiS" 

 TTjv ddXaTTav, xpovov yevop^evov /cat ^op^opov rrepl 

 avTa crvvaXiadevTO?, ooTpea evpiaKOVT' iv aufot?. 

 OTL S' ouS' d(f)LrjcrL to, rotayra ovSev d^' avTwv 

 763 b yevvqTiKov, TeKp^T^pLOV errel yap Xtot Ttveg e/c 



Uvppag TTJg €v Aea^cp tcov ooTpecov hieKop^iaav 



^ {iv) A.-W. : Kal Tals S : eVt rat? PZ : rats vulg. 

 * fiei^ovs Piatt : nXeCovs vulg., om. Y. 



" This does not entirely square with what has been said, 

 although Aristotle seems to think that even those which are 

 generated otherwise are also spontaneously generated ; see 

 761 b 25 ff. - * Cf. 736 a 13 ff. 



•^ i.e., when there is only mud and no water in the lagoon ; 

 cf. H.J. VI, ch. 15. 



364, 



