THEOPHRASTUS 



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<Twavap\aaTavei rot? ijuepois, oiov avbpa"x\r) 

 d(f)dpK^' d^pcis Be /jLiKpfo v&repov rrfi UTTLOU. TO, 

 Be Kal Trpo e<f)i>pov KOI /zero. TTVOCLS evdv ^ec^vpov. 

 teal Trpo ^ecfrvpov aei> Kpaveia Kal OrfkvKpaveia, 



a ^etyvpov Se Sdtyvr) K\rj0pa, Trpo icr^/zepia? ^6 

 (j)i\vpa ^vyia ^77709 crvfcrj' TrpwiftXaara 

 Se real /capva Kal Spvs Kal a/creo?' en &e {jid\\oi> 

 TO, aKapjra SoKovvra Kal d\a(t)Srj, \CUKTJ vrreXea 

 Irea atyetpos' TrXaraw? Be fjiLKput o^rialrepov 

 TOVTWV. ra Be aXXa atcnrep cvLara/Aevov rov 

 rjpos, olov epiveos (friXvKij o^vdtcavOos Tra\iovpos 

 Kapva biocrftdkavos' yLt?;Xea 6' oi/a- 



acrro?* 6\lri,8\aa'T6raToi> Be a-yeBov n/ro? dpia 



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Oveia utXo?. at jiev ovv 



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3 At' Be dvOrjaeis aKO\ov6ovaL p.ev 009 elirelv Kara 

 \6yov, ov fjirjv aXXa TrapaXXdrTOvai, fjidXXov Be 

 Kal eirl 7r\eov f) TWV KapTrwv reXetcocri?. Kpaveia 

 uev yap dTroBiBwai irepl rpOTrds 9epivd<$ f) 

 (rxeBbv wcTTrep Trpwrov r; 8' o\^t09, TJV Bij 

 Ka\ovai 6ri\.VKpaveiav, yaer' ai)To TO 



ean Be 6 TavTTjs Kapjros aj3pa)TO<} Kal TO 

 dcr9eve<$ KOI j^avvov TOcravT?} Brj Biacfropd irepl 



4 cifji^w. TepfiivOos Be Trepl irvpov a^T]TOV rj 



1 See below, n. 4. 



2 ra O.K. 5o/c. xal a\ff. conj.W.; rck O.K. Kal SUK. Kal a\ff. U 

 MP ; ra a/c. ra fii/K. a\ff. Aid. 



3 wtrnfp apologises for the unusual sense given to 



1 80 



