THEOPHRASTUS 



dTroBiBaicri KCU /-teXta KCU 

 TOV Oepovs TOV tcapTTov K\i}6pa Be KOI /capita KCU 

 TL yevo? /j,TO7ru>pov' Bpvs Be KCU Biocr- 

 o^rLaiTepov eri rrepl YlXeidBo? Bvcriv, 

 Be KCU <f)L\VKri KOI Trplvos KOI 7ra\LOVpov 

 KCU o^vaKCLvOos //-era IlAet'a&o? Bvcrtv 1} S' dpia 

 ap%o/j,evov KCU 7; /j,^\ea /xev rot? Tr/jcorot? 

 Be o^ria ^eiyuco^o?* avBpd^\7j Be 



KCU a^dpKif] TO /.Lev Trpcorov TreTralvovcriv 



(36rpvi rrepKa^ovrLyTO Be vcnepov, Bo/cei yap Tavra 

 BixapTra, dp^ofjievov TOV ^eifjiwvo^, e'Aa-n; Be /cal 



yLttXo? dvOoiXTi JALKpOV TTpO T)\LOV TpOTTWV [/Cal T?)? 



76 eXar>;9 TO ai>0o<; KpoKtvov KOI dXkws KCL\OV^ 

 TOV Be KapTTOv d^idcrL yuera Bvaiv Ii\tidBos. 

 TTCVK^ Be xal TTLTV? TrpoTepovai Trj fiXaaTtjaei 

 /jiiKpov, ocrov TrevTeKCLLBe/ca ij/jiepais, TOU? Be tcap- 

 7roL>? dTToBiBoaai /zera TIXeidBa /cara \6<yov. 

 TaOra pev ovv fjieTpiwTepav fj,ev e^et TrapaXXa- 

 irdvTwv Be TrXetcrr?;;' 7; apKevOos KCU 7; K//\acr- 

 :at 7; rrpivos' rj p,ev yap aptcev0o<; eviavcnov 



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coKet' TrepiKaTaXafJipaveL yap o i/eo? TOV Trepv- 

 GIVOV. a>? Be Tives fyacrii 1 , ovBe rreTraLvet, BS o /cat 

 rrpoa<j)aipovcn KOL %povov TLVLI Tripovaw eai> Be ea 

 fl errl TOV BevBpov TL^,d r jro^)}paLveTai. (fracrl Be teal TIJV 

 Trplvov ol rrepl 'ApKaBidv eviavTU) T\eiovv a/za 

 yap TOV evov Trejraivei KOI TOV veov V7ro<paivet' 

 tocrT6 rots" TOiovTOis <TV/ji(3aLi>et crvve%a)$ TOV Kaprrov 

 (/>acrl Be ye KCU T)JV Ki]~\.a(TTpov VTTO TOV 



. Kal ueAi'a U ; <x7ro5t'5a>0v f.L(\(a Aid. Some confubiou 

 in text, but sense clear. 

 2 otf ia : 1 T) bi\/[a. W. 



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