HISTORY OF ANIMALS

'History of Animals' (or "Historia Animalium", or "On the History of Animals") is a zoological natural history text by Aristotle.
The work consists of lenghthy descriptions (Greek: ''historiai'') of countless species of fish, shellfish, and other animals and their anatomies. In the frame of the controversial search for absolute datings of Aristotle's works, some scholars have noticed that most of the marine species described in the book seem to match ones which are presently found in the Aegean Sea along the Turkish coastline.
Hence, it has been claimed that the book was sketched during Aristotle's stay in Lesbos, around 343 B.C., for further investigation.

Contents

Arabic translation

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Arabic translation

The Arabic translation of ''Historia Animalium'' comprises treatises 1-10 of the ''Kitāb al-Hayawān'' (''The Book of Animals'').

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★ English translation by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson