# De partibus animalium 11.1

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/11.1

τὰ 11 μὲν γὰρ τετράποδα ἀπηρτημένα ἔχει τὰ ὦτα καὶ ἄνωθεν τῶν ὀμμάτων, ὡς δόξειεν ἄν. οὐκ ἔχει δέ, ἀλλὰ φαίνεται διὰ τὸ μὴ ὀρθὰ εἶναι τὰ ζῷα ἀλλὰ κύπτειν. οὕτω δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον κινουμένσσν χρήσιμα μετεωρὸτερα τʼ ὄντα καὶ κινούμενα· δέχεται γὰρ στρεφόμενα πάντσθεν τοὺς ψόφονς μᾶλλον.

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Aristotle, De partibus animalium, ed. Bernhard Langkavel. 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.
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