ARISTOTLE 



763 b 



GTrdpfjia, TO Se drjXv rrapex^iv tov tottov, /cat eivai 

 TO fiev dppev ck twv Se^iwv to Se drjXv e/c tojv 

 apiaTepcjv [Kal ttjs ixTTcpag to, [xev appeva iv rot? 

 764 a Seniors' etvai to. Se dy^Xea iv tols dptcrre/jots'].^ ot 



8' iv TTJ [xrjTpa, Kaddirep 'EjLtTreSoKrATy?- to. jxev yap 

 etS" depfxrjv iXdovTa ttjv voTepav dppeva yiveadai 

 <f>iqai TO. 8' elg i/jvxpo-v drjXea, Trjg Se depfxoTrjTog 

 5 /cat Trjs ifjvxpoTT^TOS ttjv tcov KaTafxrjVLCov aWiav 

 etvai pvaiv, -r) ipvxporepav ovaav ^ depfiOTepav, /cat 

 rj TTaXatoTepav -r) 7Tpoa(f)aTCOTepav . ArjixoKpiTog Se 

 6 'AjSST^ptTTj? iv p,ev Trj jU-ryrpt yiveadai (jyqoi ttjv 

 SLa(j>opdv TOV drjXeos /cat tov dppevog, ov fxevTOL 

 8ta dep^OTTjTa ye /cat ipvxpoTTjTa to jxev yiyveadai 



10 driXv TO 8' dppev, dXX oiroTepov dv KpaT-qarj to 

 avepixa to (xtto tov jjiopiov iXdov ch Sia<f)epovaLV 

 dXX'qXwv TO drjXv Kal to dppev. tovto yap cog 

 dXrjddJs 'EjLtTTeSo/cAT^S" paOvjJiOTepov VTreiXrj^ev, olo- 

 fxevog ipvxpoTTjTi /cat depjJiOTrjTi Sta(f>ep€iv p,6vov 

 dXXi^Xcov, opdjv oXa ra pLopia fxeydXrjv exovTa 



15 SLa(f)opdv TTiv re tcov atSotojv /cat T'r]v Trjg vaTepag. 

 el yap TreTrXaafxivcov tcov ^cocov, tov jiev Ta /xdpta 



^ seclusi, nam argumento aliena ; cf. 765 a 22. 



" This is a view put forward also in the Eumenides of 

 Aeschylus (658 ff.) by Apollo, who cites the apposite example 

 of Athena standing by his side : 



ovK earl /xTyrijjO rov KeKXrjfievov reKvov 

 TOKivs, Tpo(f>os 8e Kvfiaros veoarropov. 



TLKTil 8' O dpCpOKiOV, etC. 



{tov in the first line is Headlam's emendation for tj.) In his 

 commentary, ii. 293-294, G. Thomson gives references to a 

 similar belief among the Egyptians and primitive peoples in 

 Australia and South America ; the reference which he gives 



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