THEOPHRASTUS 



ov&ev <r?7 /jieiov , errel teal rwv fawv evOevel ra 



Kvovra. 



Se KOI ra fjieprj KCLT* eviavrbv CLTTO- 

 ftd\\i, KaOurcep o'i re eXatyoi ra Kepara KOL 

 ra (f)(i)\evovra ra rrrepa Kal rpl^a^ rerpdrroBa" 

 war ov&ev arorrov a'A,Xo>9 re teal O/JLOIOV bv rw 



<f)V\\o{3o\ll> TO TTa^O?. 



'IlcrauTW? 5' ov$e ra rrpos rrjv yevecriv errel Kal 

 ev rot? ^woi? ra /JLCV avveKrLKrerat, ra S' drro- 

 KaOalperai tcaOdrrep d\\orpia TT}? ^ucreco?. eot/ce 

 Be rraparr\i]criw^ Kal ra rrepl rrjv fi 

 rj ydp roi /SXaerT^tri? ryevecrews 



f/ OXco? Se KaOdrrep el'rro/jLev ovSe rrdvra 

 6/iotco? /cal errl rwv ^wwv \i]7rreov. &i o Kal 6 



dopiaros" rravra^ij yap 



are Kai rravrayr] wv. ware ravra fj,ev OI/T&K 

 vrro\ri7rreov ov /novov et? ra vvv d\\a Kal row 

 ^dpLV ocra yap /j^rj olov re dcfro- 

 rrepiepyov rb <y\i%ecr6ai rcavrw^, iva /u->) 

 Kal rr)V oiKeiav diro^dXKw^ev dewpiav. 77 ^e 

 laropia rwv (frvrwv eanv co? avrXw? elrrelv rj Kara 



conj. Sch., evOerfl UMVAld. i.e. \ve do not 

 argue from the fact that animals are at their handsomest 

 in the breeding season that the young is therefore ' part ' of 

 the animal. 



2 Lit. 'which are in holes,' in allusion to the well-known 

 belief that animals (especially birds) which are out of sight 

 in the winter are hiding in holes ; the text is supported by 

 [Arist.] de plantis 1. 3, the author of which had evidently 

 read this passage ; but possibly some such words as rds re 

 <poAi'5oj Kal have dropped out after 



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