# Historiae Animalium Epitome 89

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, Α. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristophanes-of-byzantium/historiae-animalium-epitome/89

(89) Τὰς δὲ ὁμοιότητας οἴεται συμβαίνειν παρὰ τὰς ἀπεψίας καὶ εὐπεψίας τῶν σπερμάτων· οἴεται γὰρ καὶ τὰ καταμήνια σπέρματα ἄπεπτα εἶναι. ὅταν μὲν οὗν ἄπεπτος γένηται ἡ ἐν τοῖς. καταμηνίοις ὑπόληψις, καθ’ ἑαυτὴν ποιήσει ἡ θήλεια τὴν μορφήν, ἐάν τε ἄρρεν ἐάν τε θῆλυ. εὐπέπτων δὲ μᾶλλον γενομένων τῶν καταμηνίων, κατὰ τὸν πατέρα γεννηθήσεται ἡ μορφή, ἐάν τε ἄρρεν ἐάν τε θῆλυ. ἐὰν δὲ ἀμφοτέρων πεπεμμένων, ἄρρεν, ὅμοιον δὲ τῇ μητρί. ἐὰν δὲ ἀμφοτέρων ἀπέπτων, γενήσεται θῆλυ καὶ ὅμοιον τῷ πατρί.

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Aristophanes of Byzantium, Historiae Animalium Epitome, ed. Spyridon Paulou Lampros. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0644.tlg001.local001/.