THEOPHRASTUS 



o\o>9 Be ofaBearepa rd opeivd TWI> 

 TreBetvwv KOL rd ^jpd rwv e\elwv. 



"Ert Be Kara rrjv fyvreiav ra fiev rrvKvd dvo^a 

 Kal opOd, ra Be fiavd o^ayBearepa Kal GKO\i<arepa' 

 <rv/jL/3aivi yap wcrre ra p.ev eV TraXiatciw elvai ra 

 Be ev evrjXiw. ical ra appeva Be rwv 6^\eiS)v 

 o^ayBearepa ev ol? ecrnv d^a), olov tcvrrdpirros 

 \drrj ocrrpvl's /cpaveia' Ka\oixn yap yevos ri 

 0rf\VKpaveiav KOL ra aypia Be rwv iifjLepwv, teal 

 /cal ra VTTO ravro 761/09, olov Korivos 

 icai epiveos crvK^ KCU d%pd<; drrLov. rrdvra 

 yap ravra 6a>Becrrepa' real co? eVt TO TTO\V 

 rrdvra ra rrvttva rwv p,ava)V Kal yap ra dppeva 

 rfVKVorepa Kal ra dypia' 7T\rjv et ri Bia TTVKVO- 

 rrjra Trai^reXw? dvo^ov rj o\iyoov, olov 



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EtVt Be rwv [lev araicroi Kal co? erv^ev 01 o 

 rwv Be reray/jievoi Kal ra> BiacrrijfjLari Kal 

 7r\tj0i KaOdrrep eiprjraf Bi o Kal ra^io^cora 

 ravra KaXoixriv. rwv /lev yap olov Bi laov rwv 

 Be /juel^ov alel TO Trpo? TO) rrd^ei. Kal rovro Kara 

 \6yov. orrep fidXicrra evSrjXov Kal ev TOA? Kori- 

 vois Kal ev Tot? /^aXayuoi?' TO ydp yovv KaOdrcep 

 0^09. Kal ol fiev Kar* d\\ij\ov<;, cocnrep ol 



Piin. 16. 125. 2 1. 8. 1. 



* Ta^JO^wTa conj. W. ; a^io\oyu>Tara Aid.; c/. Tat<f>v\\of, 

 1. 10. 8. 4 Plin. 16. 122. 



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