THEOPHRASTUS 



exevat' TTV ocra /j,vov rro crTrepuaros 

 cfrverai, KaOdrrep e\dr7) TrevKi] rrirvs. ocra oe c^ei 

 (TTrep/jia KOI Kapjrov, Kav airo pt?;? yivr/rai, Kal 

 drro rovrwv 7rel Kal TO, SoKovvra aKapTTd elvai 

 yevvdv (pacriv, olov rrTeXeav Ireav. (TTJ/JLCLOV Be 



OV JiOVOV OTi 



* ou<; av y TOTTOU?, d\\a Kal ra 

 decopovvres, olov ev Qevey TI}? 

 ias, &>9 e^eppdyrj TO avvaO poicrQev vBcop ev 



OTTOV 



eyyi/s rjcrav ireai TrefyvKvlai TOV 

 TOTTOV, TW vcrrepM eret fjLera TTJV 



evravOa avOis dva(j)vvai <$>acnv Ireav OTTOU 

 TrreXeat av6i<$ TrreXeo,?, KaOdirep Kal OTTOV 

 Kal eXarat Treu/ca? Kal e'Xara?, wcnrep 



3 'AXXa Trjv Ireav ra%v 7rpoKaraftd\\iv rrpo 

 rov reXftft)? dbpuvat, Kal Tre^ai, rov Kaprrov 

 8t' o Kal rov Troirjrrjv ov KaKws Trpo&ayopeveii' 

 avr^v <JO\GL Kaprrov. 



TT}? Se TrreXea? KUKBLVO crrujbeiov u7roXayu./9a - 

 vovcriv orav yap drro rwv rrvev^drwv et? 

 e^OyUefou? TOTTOU? 6 Kaprros aTreve^dfj, 

 (fiacri. TraparrK^viov oe GOIKCV elvai TO GV 

 o Kal 7rl rwv (frpvyaviKaiv Kal TroicoScov nvutv 

 earw OVK e^ovrwv yap cnrep/jia <f>avepov, aXXo 



1 c/. 5. 4. 6. 



2 ' Katavothra' (now called ' the devil's holes,' see Lawson, 

 cited below) ; c/. Paus. 8. 14 ; Catull. 68. 109 ; Pint, dt iera 

 numinis vindicta, 557 c : Plin. 31. 36 ; Frazer, Paimanias and 

 other Grttk Sketches, pp. 315 foil. ; Lawson, Modern Greek 

 Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion, p. 85. 



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