ARISTOTLE 



684 a ^ 



dppeve?. a'iriov he rod fxev ^x^lv xV^^^ otl iv rco 



35 yeVet etcrt tco exovri xV^^^' tovto 8* OLTOLKrcos 

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Ka^' eKaGTOV he tujv fiopicxjv, rig rj deuig avrcov 



Kal riveg hLacf>opal irpos d'AA^^Aa, rojv r d'AAcov /cat 



TLVL SiacfyepeL to, dppeva rcov drjXeiwv, €K re ra)v 



5 dvaropLCJV deojpeiaBuj /cat e/c rcov tcrroptcov rttjv 



Trept Tct ^a)a. 



IX. Tcov he jJLaXaKLOJv rrepl fiev roJv ivros 

 elpiqraL Trporepov, ojanep Kal nepl rcov ctAAcov 

 t^ipiov eKTos S' e;!^ft to re rou crcujLtaros" KVTOSy 

 dhiopiGTov 6v, Kal rovrov vohag epLTrpoodev Trepl 

 Tr)v Ke(f)aXrjV, evros jJLev raJv 6(f)daXfia)Vy Trepl he 



10 TO GTOjJLa Kal Tovg ohovras. rd fxev ovv dXXa t,cpa 

 rd exovra rrohag rd jjiev efXTrpoGdev e;^et /cat 

 oTTLGdev, rd 8' e/c rod irXayiov, ojorrep rd TToXvTroha 

 Kal dvaijia rcov ^cocov rovro he ro yevog Ihlojg 

 rovrcov rrdvras ydp exovGL rovs rrohas errl ro 

 KaXovpuevov ejiTrpoGOev. rovrov 8' atrtov on 



15 GVvrJKraL avrcov ro OTTLoOev rrpos ro efirrpoGdev, 

 wGTTep rdjv oGrpaKoheppicov rots GrpofM^ajheoLV. 

 oAoJS" ydp rd oorpaKohepi^ia ex^L rfj fiev opLOLOJS 

 rots' piaXaKOGrpaKois , rfj he roZs jLtaAa/ctot?. fj 

 fxev ydp e^ojdev ro yecoheg evrog he ro oapKcbhe?, 

 rols jLtaAa/coCTTpd/cots", to Se gx'^P-ol rod o-aj/xaros" 



20 ov rpoTTOV GvveGrrjKe, rolg ^aAa/ctots", rpoirov fiev 



« See Hist. An. 525 a 30—527 b 34, 541 b 19 ff. 



^ At 678 b 24 ff. 



'^ The theory that the cuttle-fish is comparable to a verte- 

 brate bent double was put forward in a paper read before the 

 Academy of Sciences in 1830, and was the origin of the famous 

 354> 



