ARISTOTLE 



657 a a(f)'q Tt? Kol avTYj r) aLGdrjaig. ofiojg 8e SrjXov Kal 

 irrl ravTTjs' (f)aLV€TaL yap iuxLayLevq. errl he rcov 

 aAAcov alaOiqrripicjv (jyavepcorepcDs iarlv rj aLoOrjuLS 

 SijjLepij?- (Zrd re yap Svo Kal opLfxara Kal r) twv 

 fjLVKTTipojv SvvapLLg SLcf)Vi]g ioriv. aXXov ovv av 



5 rpoTTOV K€Lji€vr] Kal Si€a7TaajJLevrj , Kaddnep rj rrjs 

 aKorjg, ovK av iiroUi ro avri]? epyov, ovhe to 

 fiopLov iv (L eaTiv Sta yap rrjs dvaTTVorjg r) aloQ-qGis 

 rdls e)(ovGL fjLVKrrjpaSy rovro Se ro pLopiov Kara 

 [leGov Kal iv rots efXTrpoadev iariv. hioirep et? 

 jxeaov rojv rpicbv aiGdrjrrjplwv avvqyayev rj (f>VGLs 



10 Tovs jivKrrjpag, otov irrl ardOfxrjv Vetera fxlav em rrjv 

 rrjs dvarrvorjs KivrjGiv. 



KaAcos" Se Kal rocs dXXoLS e^€i ravra rd alodrj- 

 rrjpia t,cnois upos rrjv ISlav (jivaiv iKdurco. XI. 

 rd jxkv yap rerpdnoSa dnrjprrjiJLdva €)(ei rd cora Kal 

 dvojOev rojv 6jXfidra)v, cus" So^eiev av, ovk e;)^et Se, 



1^ dAAa (jiaiverai Sta to jxrj opBd elvai rd ^cpa dXXd 

 KVTrrcLV. ovroj 8e to irXelarov Kcvovfievcov ;!^pT]o-t^a 

 jjLer €0J pore pd r dvra Kal Kivovjieva' hex^^ai ydp 

 Grpe(f)6fieva rrdvrodev rov£ ^6(^ovs jxdXXov. 



XII. 01 S' opviOes rovs rropovg povov e^ovGi hid 

 rrjv rod hepjiaros GKXijporrjra Kal rd e^^iv jirj 



20 rptxcis dXXd TTrepcord elvac ovk ovv e^ei roiavrrjv 

 vXrjv i^ rjs dv eVAaae rd ojra. ofiolajs he Kal rcov 



<» Aristotle seems to refer here to the forked tongues of 

 certain animals. See 660 b 7 flF. 

 180 



