# Historia animalium 1.8

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/1.8

Τὸ δ’ ὑπὸ τὸ κρανίον ὀνομάζεται πρόσωπον ἐπὶ μόνου τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων ἀνθρώπου· ἰχθύος γὰρ καὶ βοὸς οὐ λέγεται πρόσωπον. Προσώπου δὲ τὸ μὲν ὑπὸ τὸ βρέγμα μεταξὺ τῶν ὀμμάτων μέτωπον. Τοῦτο δὲ οἷς μὲν μέγα, βραδύτεροι, οἷς δὲ μικρόν, εὐκίνητοι· καὶ οἷς μὲν πλατύ, ἐκστατικοί, οἷς δὲ περιφερές, θυμικοί.

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Aristotle, Historia animalium, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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/tlg0086.tlg014.local001/.