ARISTOTLE 



777 b aiTLov, dAA' wg cttI to ttoXv tovto avfx^e^rjKev to. 



yap jLiet^cu /cat reAetore/ja rcov ivalfxcov t,coojv /cat 

 L,waL TToXvv )(p6vov, ov fxevTOL TO. fjieit^ct} Trdvra 

 jxaKpof^Lcvrepa. ttolvtcov yap aiSpcxJTTO's TrXeiarov^ ^fj 

 Xpovov, TrXrjv iXecfiavros, oacov a^toTnarov exop.€V 

 5 T7]v TTeZpav eXarrov 8' iarl ro yevog to tojv 



avOpCOTTCDV 7} TO TCOV Xo(f)OVpCOV Kttt TToXXojV dXXoJV . 



atriov 8e tov jjuev elvai p,aKp6^iov otlovv ^a)ov to 

 KeKpdadai TtapairXirjaicos Trpos tov TrepiexovTa depa, 

 /cat 8t' d'AAa af/XTTTttj/xar' drra <^ucrt/cd, nepl Sv 

 vuTepov epovfxev, tojv 8e XP^^^^ "^^^ irepl ttjv 



10 KVTjcnv TO jjieyedog tcov yewojfxevojv ov yap pa- 

 8tov iv oXiyM xpovco Xafx^dveiv ttjv TeXeiojoiv rds" 

 jxeydXag avaTdaei? out€ t,a>o}v ovt€ tcov dXXcov los 

 etTrelv ovdevog. BcoTrep Ittttol /cat to. avyyevrj ^cpa 

 TOVTOL^ iXdTTCO t,covTa xpovov Kvei TrAetco XP^^^^' 

 TCOV fiev yap ev'taucrto? d ro/cos", tojv 8e BeKafjirjvos 



15 o TrAetcrros'. 8td t7]v avTrjv 8 atrtav TroXvxpovtos 

 /cat d Td)^' eXec^dvTcov ecrrt rd/co?" hieTr^s yap r] 

 KvqaLs 8td TT^v VTrep^oXrjv tov jxeyedovs. 



EyAdycos 8e TrdvTCDv ol xP'^^^l /cat tojv /cy^aea/i' 

 /cat* yevecreajv /cat tojv ^t'cov pLeTpeZodai j8od- 

 Aovrat /card (f>vatv 7re/5td8ots'.^ Aeya> 8e Tiepiohov 



^ TrXeZoTov P : TrXeico vulg. ^ »cai PZ* ; jcai rail' vulg. 



' oAais add. P. 



" This was apparent!}- a popular term meaning " bushy- 

 tailed " ; see H.A. 491 a 1 where " the hphouroi as they are 

 called " are the horse, the ass, the mule, etc. Cf. 755 b 19. 



* Cf. 767 a 30 ff., and Hippocrates, tt. adpwv vbdrcov totiojv, 

 chh. 1-6 ; and for " blend," idem, it. Sioi'ttjs I. 33, and Ihtrod. 

 § 40. Cf. 777 b 28, n. 



<= See.De Imff. et brev. vit. 466 a 15 flf., P.A. 677 a 35 ff. 



476 



