# De partibus animalium 9.1-3

Aristotle, De partibus animalium, Δ., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/de-partibus-animalium/9.1-3

Τῶν δὲ μαλακίων περὶ μὲν τῶν ἐντὸς εἴρηται 9 πρότερον, ὥσπερ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων· ἐκτὸς δʼ ἔχει τό τε τοῦ σώματος κύτος, ἀδιόριστον ὄν, καὶ τούτου πόδας ἔμπροσθεν περὶ τὴν κεφαλήν, ἐντὸς μὲν τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, περὶ δὲ τὸ στόμα καὶ τοὺς ὀδόντας. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα ζῷα τὰ ἔχοντα πόδας τὰ μὲν ἔμπροσθεν ἔχει καὶ ὄπισθεν, τὰ δʼ ἐκ τοῦ πλαγίου, ὥσπερ τὰ πολύποδα καὶ ἄναιμα τῶν ζῴων· τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος ἰδίως τούτων· πάντας γὰρ ἔχουσι τοὺς πόδας ἐπὶ τὸ καλούμενον ἔμπροσθεν.

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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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