ARISTOTLE 



680 a he Trj Oeoet Kal rot? fJieyeOeaLV. ov Se rponov e^ct 

 Tovrojv €KaaTov, e/c re tcjv IcrropLCJV rwv nepl ra 

 ^cpa decopeLuOoj Kal eV tojv dvaTOfJicov' ra fiev yap 

 Toj Xoycp TO. Se Trpo? rrjv oipiv avrojv Gaffyrjvl^eiv 8et 

 fidXXov. 



'IStto? S* exovGL Tcov 6orpaKohepp.OL>v 61 r e-)(lvoi 

 6 Kal TO rojv KaXovfievcov ttjOvcov yevos. exovGL 8* ol 

 ix^voL oSovras {jlev irevre Kal jxera^v to oapKchhes , 

 oirep €7rl Trdvrojv icrrl rtov elpTjjjLevojVy exppievov he 

 rovrov oropiaxoVy dno he tovtov ttjv KOiXiav els 

 TToAAo, hiTjp'qpeviqv, warrepavel ttoXXols rod t,a)ov 

 KoiXias exovTos. Kex(JopL<jf.LevaL p.ev yap elcn Kal 



10 TrX-qpeis TreptTraj/xaro?, e^ eVos" S' TJpTrjvraL rod 

 GTopLaxov Kal reXevTcocn npos pbtav e^ohov ttjv rod 

 TTepirrojpLaTOS. vapd he r-qv KoiXiav aapKajhes pLev 

 ovhev exovGLV, wdTrep e'ipiqrai, rd he KaXovpieva cod 

 TrXeicu rdv dpidpidv ev u/xeVt ;)(6opt? eKaurov, Kal 

 kvkXo) dno rod uroptarog pLeXav* drra hteaTrappeva 



15 Xvhr]v, dvojvvpLa. ovrcov he irXeLovcov yevcbv [ov ydp 

 ev ethog rcov ex^vcov Trdvrojv eori) rrdvres piev ep^oucrt 

 ravra rd pLopLa, dAA' ovk eScoSi/xa Trdvreg rd 

 KaXovpieva cod, Kal puKpd rrdpirrav e^cxj rcov im- 

 TToXa^ovrcxjv. oXcos he rovro Kal nepl rdAAa avpL- 



20 ^e^rjKe rd oorpaKoheppia' Kal ydp at crdpKes ovx 

 opLOicxJS ehajhipLoi TrdvTCov, Kal rd TTepirrcjopia, rj 

 KaXovpLcvq pLTjKOJv, evLCxJV piev ehcohipos evicnv S' ovk 

 ihcohipios. eon he rols orpopi^coheGiv ev rfj eXiKj} 



" Hist. An. 52Sh 10 ff. 



* This seems to imply that diagrams or illustrations accom- 

 panied the treatises. 



* These form what is compared to a lantern at Hist. An. 

 531 a 5, hence the name, " lantern of Aristotle." 



326 



