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<• iraXippoos (Eur. /. i« 7'. 1397, Aesch. ^^. 191), xaKippola 

 (Soph. /r. 71fi, Herod, ii. 23, Diodor. i. 32) are constantly- 

 used of the ebb and flow of the tide and hence of any ebb 

 and flow, e.g. of fortune [iraXippoia ttjs tuxv^ Diodor. xviii. 

 59). Especially natural is the application to air or breath 

 (Tryphiod. 76 ira\Lppoov S.adna : cf. Theophrast. iJe venf. 10, 

 A. De spiv. 482 b 3, Prohl. 940 b"25). As to the breathing 

 of Fishes, Aristotle' classes them among rd fxij avairveovra 

 {De sens. 444 b 7) ; but the contrary opinion is maintained 

 by Pliny, ix. 16 S. " They . . . suppose likewise that no 

 fishes having guils do draw in and deliver their wind againe 

 too and fro . . . Among others I see that Aristotle was of 

 that mind . . . For mine owne part ... I professe that I 



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