# De partibus animalium 6.3

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Β., Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/6.3

3 ἐπεὶ δὲ τὴν μὲν τῶν ὀστῶν ἀναγκη φύσιν ὑπάρχειν τοῖς ζῴοις, ὴ τὸ ἀνάλογον τοῖς ὀστοῖς, οἷον τοῖς ἐνύδροις τὴν ἅκανθαν,ἀναγκαῖον ἐνίοις ὑπάρχει καὶ μυελόν, ἐμπεριλαμβανομένης τῆς τροφῆς ἐξ ἧς γίνεται τὰ ὀστᾶ. ὅτι δʼ ἡ τροφὴ πᾶσιν αἷμα, είρηται πρότερον. εὐλόγως δὲ καὶ στεατώδεις οἱ μυελοὶ καὶ πιμελύδεις εἰσίν· διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀλέαν τὴν γινομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ περιέχεσθαι τοῖς ὀστοῖς πέττεται τὸ αἷμα, ἡ δὲ καθʼ αὑτὸ πέψις αἵματος στέαρ καὶ πιμελὴ ἐστιν.

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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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