The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
87. Animals which are born of beings that have not been born
themselves—animals which are born themselves, but are
not reproductive—animals which are of neither sex 546
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- BOOK VI. Ch.2
- 5. The region of Colica, the nations of the Achæi, and other Ch.3
- 19. The nations of Scythia and the countries on the Eastern Ch.4
- 38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the Ch.5
- 39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal Ch.6
- BOOK VII. Ch.7
- 4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy; Ch.8
- 5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy Ch.9
- 11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very Ch.10
- 13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual Ch.11
- 15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning Ch.12
- 28. Union in the same person of three of the highest Ch.13
- 37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology, Ch.14
- 39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory; Ch.15
- 42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same Ch.16
- 45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to Ch.17
- 48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his Ch.18
- 53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out Ch.19
- 58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The Ch.20
- BOOK VIII. Ch.21
- 10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars Ch.22
- 11. In what countries the elephant is found; the antipathy Ch.23
- 16. The animals of the north; the elk, the achlis, and the Ch.24
- 20. Who it was that first introduced combats of lions at Ch.25
- 24. The decree of the Senate, and laws respecting African Ch.26
- 32. The animals of Æthiopia; a wild beast which kills with Ch.27
- 40. Who first exhibited the hippopotamus and the crocodile Ch.28
- 41. The medicinal remedies which have been borrowed from Ch.29
- 52. Other animals which change colour; the tarandus, the Ch.30
- 61. The qualities of the dog; examples of its attachment to Ch.31
- 65. The disposition of the horse; remarkable facts concerning Ch.32
- 78. The wild boar; who was the first to establish parks for Ch.33
- 84. Animals which injure strangers only, as also animals Ch.34
- BOOK IX. Ch.35
- 4. The forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The forms of Ch.36
- 12. Turtles; the various kinds of turtles, and how they are Ch.37
- 15. Those which are covered with hair, or have none, and Ch.38
- 18. Tunnies, cordyla, and pelamides, and the various parts Ch.39
- 20. Fishes which are never found in the Euxine; those which Ch.40
- 24. Fishes which have a stone in the head; those which keep Ch.41
- 25. Fishes which conceal themselves during the summer; those Ch.42
- 30. The various kinds of mullets, and the sargus that attends Ch.43
- 35. Fishes which come on land; the proper time for catching Ch.44
- 36. Classification of fishes, according to the shape of the Ch.45
- 43. Fishes which fly above the water—the sea-swallow—the Ch.46
- 50. Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust; the Ch.47
- 51. The various kinds of crabs; the pinnotheres, the sea Ch.48
- 63. When purple was first used at Rome; when the laticlave Ch.49
- 65. The amethyst, the Tyrian, the hysginian, and the crimson Ch.50
- 67. The sensitiveness of water-animals; the torpedo, the Ch.51
- 68. Bodies which have a third nature, that of the animal and Ch.52
- 69. Sponges; the various kinds of them, and where they are Ch.53
- 71. Fishes which are enclosed in a stony shell—sea-animals Ch.54
- 76. Fishes the belly of which opens in spawning, and then Ch.55
- 77. Fishes which have a womb; those which impregnate Ch.56
- 88. The antipathies and sympathies that exist between aquatic Ch.57
- BOOK X. Ch.58
- 5. When the eagle was first used as the standard of the Roman Ch.59
- 6. An eagle which precipitated itself on the funeral pile of Ch.60
- 10. In what places hawks and men pursue the chase in company Ch.61
- 11. The only bird that is killed by those of its own kind.—A Ch.62
- 14. Crows. Birds of ill omen. At what seasons they are not Ch.63
- 17. Birds, the race of which is extinct, or of which all Ch.64
- 23. Who was the first to kill the peacock for food. Who first Ch.65
- 33. Foreign birds which visit us; the quail, the glottis, the Ch.66
- 35. Birds which take their departure from us, and whither Ch.67
- 36. Birds which remain with us throughout the year; birds Ch.68
- 42. The various kinds of birds which afford omens by their Ch.69
- 47. The halcyones: the halcyon days that are favourable to Ch.70
- 49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the Ch.71
- 53. Wonderful things done by them; prices at which they Ch.72
- 57. The instincts of birds—the carduelis, the taurus, the Ch.73
- 60. A sedition that arose among the Roman people, in Ch.74
- 67. Foreign birds: the phalerides, the pheasant, and the Ch.75
- 68. The phœnicopterus, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the Ch.76
- 71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry: why the Ch.77
- 79. When birds lay, and how many eggs. The various kinds of Ch.78
- 80. What eggs are called hypenemia, and what cynosura. How Ch.79
- 81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures Ch.80
- 82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of Ch.81
- 87. Animals which are born of beings that have not been born Ch.82
- 88. The senses of animals—that all have the senses of touch Ch.83
- 93. Animals which live on earth—animals which will not die of Ch.84
- 95. Antipathies of animals. Proofs that they are sensible of Ch.85
- 98. What animals are subject to dreams 553 Ch.86
- BOOK VI. Ch.87
- BOOK VII.[835] Ch.88
- introduction into Rome of the Mother of the gods.[1156] Ch.89
- BOOK VIII. Ch.90
- BOOK IX. Ch.91
- BOOK X. Ch.92