# Historia animalium 6.25

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/6.25

Τὰ δὲ νέα καὶ τὰ παλαιὰ τετράποδα διαγινώσκουσιν οἱ περὶ τὰς θεραπείας ὄντες αὐτῶν· ἐὰν μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς γνάθου τὸ δέρμα ἐφελκόμενον ταχὺ ἐπίῃ, νέον τὸ τετράπουν, ἐὰν δὲ πολὺν χρόνον μένῃ ἐρρυτιδωμένον, παλαιόν.

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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.
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