ARISTOTLE 



770 a 



Xov, olov 7T€pl AtyuTTTOv. iv 8e Tttts" at^t Kal rots' 

 TTpo^arois yiverai fjidXXov TToXvroKcorepa yap iartv. 

 en he fidXXov ev toI? TToXvaj^iheaLV rroXvroKa yap 

 770 D eaTL rd roiavra^ tcov l,cp<x)v Kal ov reXeioyova, 



Kaddirep rj kvcov rd yap noXXd Tt/crei TV(f)Xd tov- 

 Tiov. 8i' ■r]v 8' alrtav tovto avpL^alvet /cat 8t' t^v 

 atrial' TToXvTOKovaiv, varepov XeKreov. dXXd Tipo- 

 whoTTOLrjrai rfj (f)vaeL [vrpo?]* ro reparoTOKelv roj^ 

 5 fjuTj yevvdv opioia 8ta rrjv dreXeLav ecrrt 8e /cat ro 

 repag rcov avojxOLWV. hioTTep eTraXXdrret, tovto to 

 avfiTTTCOfxa Tolg toiovtol? ttjv (f)vaLV. ev ydp tov- 



. rot? /u,aAtCTra yiverat /cat ra jxeTaxoipa KaXovfxeva. 

 ravra 8 eart Kara tl rrerrovdoTa TepaTcoSes' to 

 ydp eKXeiTTeiv rj rrpocrelvai rt reparcDSes". ecrrt ydp 



10 TO Tepag twv Trapd (f)VGLV [rt]/ irapd (f>V(nv 8' ov 

 TTaaav dXXd rrjv co? errl to ttoXv- rrepl ydp ttju 

 del /cat TTjv e^ avayKrjs ovdkv ytVerat Trapd cf)vaiv, 

 dXX' ev TOiS COS" eirl to ttoXv jxev ovtco ytvofievoi?, 

 evhe-)(opuevoLS 8e /cat aAAcos", eTrel Kal tovtwv ev 

 oaoLg avfi^atvei Trapd ttjv Ta^iv p,ev Tavrrjv, del 



15 fjievTOt, yurj rv^ovTCog, tjttov elvai 8o/cet Tepas 8ta 

 TO Kal TO TTapd cf)vaLV elvaL Tponov TLvd /cara 



^ sic PSYZ*: eon yap to. t. n. viUg. * secl. Btf. 



' TO) A.-W. : T<o Y : to vulg. * rt om. P. 



" Cf. H.A. 584 b 7, 31 : the passage in Hippocrates, tt. 

 aepwv vBdrcov tottuv 12 (ii. 34 Littre) rd re KTrjvea tiktciv re 

 TTVKvoTara Kal €KTpe(j)€i,v KaXXiara may refer to Egypt and 

 Libya. " Ch. 6 below. ' 771 a 18 ff. 



■* Viz., which produce imperfect offspring. 



« See 749 a 2. f Cf. 772 a 35, etc. » See Introd. § 9. 



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