Aristotle · HA

History of Animals

Aristotle’s great survey of animal life — anatomy, reproduction, habits, and behaviour — in nine books.

This edition presents the original Greek (Louis (Budé, 1964–69)) side by side with an English translation (D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Bekker citation. 9 books, 230 chapters.

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• Thompson Greek & English · D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Oxford, 1910)

Books

• Book I 17 chapters · 486a5–497b2
• Book II 17 chapters · 497b6–509a23
• Book III 22 chapters · 509a27–27
• Book IV 11 chapters · 523a31–538b24
• Book V 34 chapters · 538b28–558b4
• Book VI 37 chapters · 558b8–581a5
• Book VII 12 chapters · 581a9–12
• Book VIII 30 chapters · 588a16–608a7
• Book IX 50 chapters · 608a11–633b8

Greek text & translations

Greek: P. Louis, ed. Aristote: Histoire des animaux. 3 vols. Paris: Les Belles Lettres (Budé), 1964–69.
Translation: D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Oxford, 1910).
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In print

Modern, copyright-protected translations and commentaries we can’t host here, for readers who want to go further:

• TranslationC. D. C. Reeve, trans., in Aristotle: The Complete Works, 2 vols. (Hackett, 2024) Find in print →

Prefer a paper copy? These in-print editions carry the translation read here (or a revision of it):

• In printD’Arcy W. Thompson’s translation, revised, found in Jonathan Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, 2 vols. (Princeton University Press, 1984) Find in print →

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