Plutarch Quaestiones Naturales 17

ed. William W. Goodwin

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XVII.
WHY DO MEN USE THE HAIR OF HORSES RATHER THAN OF MARES FOR FISHING-LINES?

Is it that the males are stronger in those parts, as well as in others, than the females? Or is it that the females spoil the hair of their tails by their staling?

Quaestiones Naturales. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.

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Plutarch's Natural Questions (English) (Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals, Vol. III. Goodwin, William W., editor; Brown, R., translator. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company; Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874.)

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Αἴτια φυσικά Perseus (Plutarch. Plutarchi Chaeronensis Moralia, Vol. V. Vernardakēs, Grēgorios N., editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1893.) — 17 focus

[17] διὰ τί τῶν ἀρρένων ἵππων μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν θηλειῶν τὰς τρίχας εἰς τὴν ὁρμιὰν λαμβάνουσι;

πότερον, ὡς τοῖς ἄλλοις τὸ ἄρρεν τοῦ θήλεος 5 916a μέρεσι, καὶ ταῖς θριξὶν εὐτονώτερόν ἐστιν· ἢ μᾶλλον διὰ τὸ οὖρον οἴονται τὰς τρίχας τῶν θηλειῶν βρεχομένας γίγνεσθαι χείρονας;

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WHY DO MEN USE THE HAIR OF HORSES RATHER THAN OF MARES FOR FISHING-LINES?