ARISTOTLE 



685 a 



VTTrjperovorLV. 6 8e ttoXvttov? tous iv fieuo) rerrapas 



jieycGTOvs- 



IloSa? fi€V ovv TTOLvra exovat ravra oktw, dAA' 

 at /xey o-qTriai koL at revOcSes ^pax^ls, ra he 

 TToXvTToScoSr] /xeyaAous". to yap kvtos rod crajjuaro? 



25 at pL€v fieya exovauv ra} he puKpov, cuare rots' ftey 

 a^etAev aTro rod Gcofxaros, Trpos he to jjltjkos tcov 

 7Toha)V TTpoaeOr^Kev rj (f)VGi?y rat? 8' oltto tcov 

 TTohcov Xa^ovaa to oajfia -qv^-qaev. hionep TOt? 

 fiev OX) pLovov TTpos TO veZv xPV^^l^ot, OL vohes dXXa 

 Kal TTpos TO ^ahi^eiv, Tat? S' dxpr](JTOL' puKpol yap, 



80 TO he KVTOS /xeya exovacv. eVet Se jSpa^^et? exovoL 

 Tovs TTohas /cat d;^p')70'T0us" Trpos to dvTiXapi^dveodaL 

 Kal fir) dirooTTaodai^ diro tojv TreTpojv, OTav KXvhojv 

 fj Kal ;!^6tjLtcuv, Kal rrpos to to. aTToOev tt poody eodai, 

 hid TavTa rrpo^ooKihas exovai hvo paKpds, at? 



35 oppiovoi Te Kal dTTooaXevovoiv wGrrep rrXolov orav 

 685 b x^^^dov fjy Kal Td aTToBev OrjpevovGi Kal TrpoudyovTai 

 TavTais at Te arjTTiai Kal at revdlhes- ol he ttoXv- 

 TTohes ovK exovGi to,? Trpo^ooKihas hid to tovs 

 rrohas avTols elvai irpos TavTa XPV^^I^^^^' ^vlols^ 

 he KOTvXrjhoves Trpos TOt? Troat /cat TxAe/CTavat 

 6 TTpooeioLy hvvapLiv exovGai* Kal ovvdeuiv TOLavTr]v 

 otavTrep rd TrXeypLaTia ols ol larpol ol dpxouoi tovs 

 haKTvXovs eve^aXXov ovtoj Kal e/c tcov Ivcjv 



^ Ttt Peck : ol vulg. 



* dnoaTTdadai Bckker : avriaTrdadai codd. 



^ ivlois Peck : oools vulg. 



* ^Xovaai P : exovai vulg. 



" The use of these aavpai or aeipat is described by Hippo- 

 crates, Ucpl dpdpcov (Littre iv. 318-330 ; L.C.L. iii. 390 : " The 

 tubes woven out of palm-tissue are satisfactory means of 

 3G0 



