ARISTOTLE 



irporaoiv rrjv hrjXrjv ouS' tj Sidvoia i(f)Lard(ja GKOTreZ 

 ovSdv olov €L TO ^aoit^etv dyaOov dvOpojirco, on 

 avTos dvdpojTTos, ovK ivhiarpl^eL. ^i6 /cat oaa fxrj 

 XoyLodfjuevoL TTpdrro}xeVy raxv TTpdrropLev. orav yap 

 ivepyrjGr) t) rfj alodria<Ei npos to ov ere/ca rj rfj 



30 ^avraoia t) rep vo), ov opeyerau, evOvs ttoleX' dvr* 

 epcoT'-qaeco? yap rj vo-rjoecos r] rrjs dpe^eojs yiverai iv- 

 Ipyeia. TToriov fiot, rj emOvpiia Xeyec- roSl Se ttotov, 

 Tj alcrOrjGis elrrev rj rj (fiavraoia rj 6 vovs' evOvs Trivei. 

 ovrcxjs P'€v ovi^ eTTL TO Kivelodai /cat 77parrety to, 

 t,cx)a opfjLcoGL, Trjs fJi€v iaxdTrjs atrta? tov KiveladaL 



35 ope^ecos ovorjs, TavTrjs Se yivopievrjs rj St* alodrjueajs 



rj Sta <f)avTaGLa? /cat vo-qcrecos. twv S* opeyopblvcov 



TrpdTT€Lv ra fxev St' emdvpLLav r) Ovjjlov to. Se St* 



701 b ope^iv t) ^ovXrjULV Ta fxev ttolovgl, Ta Se rrpdTTOvcriv. 



"Q.G-nep Se ra avTopLaTa /ctvetrat jiiKpds Kivrjoeajg 



yivojxevrjs, Xvofievcov tcov UTpe^Xcov /cat Kpovovcrojv^ 



dAATJAas" [ra? OTpe^Xas],^ /cat to d/xaftov, orrep 



b (roy 6)(ovp.evov avTO Kivei el? evdv, /cat TrdXiv 



kvkXco KLveiTai tco dvlaovs ^X^^^ tovs Tpoxovs 



(d yap iXdTTOJv oioirep KevTpov ytVerat, Kaddnep 



iv TOLs /cuAtVSpots"), ovTOJ /cat TO. ^(pa KivelTai. 



ex^f' ydp opyava rotaOra Tiqv re rcov vevpcov 



(f)VGLV /cat Trjv tCjv ogtc^v, to, fiev ws eKeZ tcl 



^ Kpovova-Qv scrips! (Leon, renders laxatis seque mutuo im- 

 pellentihus vertehris) : Kpovbvrwv libri. 



■ rds crrp^/SXas seclusi. ^ rh addidi. 



* For this technical use of ipwrav cf. An. Prior. 24- a 24. 



* By the removal of the pejrs {^u\a), cf. below, 701 b 9, 10. 



* The context seems to show that the toy-carriage was 

 on an axle which coupled two wheels of unequal diameter. 

 There is, however, no evidence for the existence of such toy- 

 carriages in antiquity. 



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