History of Animals

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 lengthy 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 coastlineFact|date=February 2007.

Hence, it has been claimed that the book was sketched during Aristotle's stay in Lesbos, around 343 B.C., for further investigation.

Arabic translation

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

ee also

Historiae animalium, a zoological natural history text by Conrad Gesner made 1551 CE to 1558 CE.

External links

* [http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/a/a8ha/ English translation by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]


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