THEOPHRASTUS 



Be ySoo?, /CT^V Be Trjv \o<f)ovpwv. 77 Be 

 aX\.r) /cal aA,Xa>?' TI /j,ev yap do~deve- 

 GTepa Tavrrjs rj Be Kpelrrwv. 

 5 Trjv Be cr/caTrdvrjv Tcaaiv olovrai o-VjJL^epeiv, 

 axTTrep real rrjv ocr/coXo-iv rofc eXaTToaw evrpa- 

 (f)eaTpa e yap'yiV6crdaL. TpefyeLV Be Bo/cel real o KOVL- 

 O/3TO? evia KOI 0d\\eiv iroielv, olov TOV ftorpvv, Bi 

 o KOI VTTOKoviova-i 7ro\\dfcis' 01 Be KCLI r9 CTVKCLS 

 vTroGKaiTTovatv cv6a TOVTOV Bet. Meyapoi Be 

 teal TGI/? criKvovs teal ra? KO\OKVVTCI<;, orav ol 

 erijtriat irveixjuxji, &Kd\\ovre<; KovLopiovai /cal 

 ovro) y\vKvrepov^ Kal dTToXwrepovf TTOLOVO-LV 

 ov% vBpevovres. TOVTO /nev ovv ojjio\oyov^evov. 



TTJV B* a/J,7T\OV 0V <f)Cl(Tl, TlVe<$ Belv [?}] VTTOKOVieLV 



ovB' oXw? cLTTieaQai irepKa^ovTOS TOV 

 aXX' eLTrep orav d7ro/j-e\avQf}. ol Be TO o\ov 

 Tore TT\r)V ovov viroTlXai Tr)V (BoTavriv virep fj,ev 



OVV TOVTWV d/J,(f)l(T/3r]TGVO~lV. 



'Eay Be TI /jir) fyeprj fcapirbv aXX* et? ^Kdo'Trfo'iv 

 TpeTrrjTai, o-^i^ovcri TOV crreXe^ou? TO /tara yfjv 

 /cal \LOov evTiOtaaiv OTTW^ av pajfj, Kal <J)ao~i 

 (frepeiv. ofjboiws Be Kal edv T? TWV pi^wv Tivas 

 TrepiTe/jLy, Bi* o /cal TCOV d^L7re\wv oTav Tpajwcrt, 

 TOVTO TroLovcn Ta? 7rnro\f)$. iwv Be O-VKWV 

 7T/309 TW TrepiTefJiveiv Kal Tefypav TrepiTr 

 /cal KaTao~%dovo~i TO, o'TeXe^ Kal <$>ao-t, 

 djjbv r yBa\fj Be /cal TfaTTa\ov e 



1 Lit. ' bushy tails,' i.e. horses asses mules. 

 * cf. C.P. 3. 16. 3. 3 5e? ins. H ; so apparently G read. 

 4 SeiV viroKovlav o5' o\<as conj. W. (so bch., but keeping 

 after 5eV) ; Se'tv ^ viroKtvie'iv ot5' o\a>s UMV; Se*!/ ^ VTTOKO- 

 ?; 2Ao>s Aid. * Plin. 17. 253 and 254. 



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