THEOPHRASTUS 



Kal \d/capa (prjybs apKevOos (TtyevBa/jivos ocrrpva 

 fj,e\ia K\ij0pa TTLTVS dvBpd^\rj /cpaveia 

 d%pds. /capTTCHpopei B' evtfvs eXar?; irevKif 

 , KCLV o7rr)\tKovovv /xeyeOo? \dfSwcnv. 

 'H Be avj^rjais /cal rj ^\darrjcri^ rwv fjiev a\\wv 



Kara TOU? TOTTOU? TWV ySXacrrcof, 

 \drr]<; toptcr/jievr] KOL crvve'Xjiis KOI vcrrepov. oiav 

 yap ex TOV crT6\^ou<; ra 7rpa)ra o-^ia-Ofj, 7rd\iv ei; 

 efceivov 77 erepa cr^/crf? ylveTai Kara TOV avrbv 

 TpoTrov, KOI TOUT* del Troiel Kara Traaa? ra? CTU- 

 ev Be roi? aXXoi? ovS* 01 o^oi KCLT 

 CTTL TIVWV 6\iycov, olov KOTIVOV 



rj 



Trdvrwv o/^otw? rj/jiepwv re /cal dypicov ra 

 yap real IK, TOV d/cpov TWV /3XacrTco^ Kal e/c 

 TrXayiwv cfrveTai, /caddrrep CLTTIOS poa crvKrj 

 o"%eobi> TO, TrXetcrTa- TO, S' K TOV dfcpov 

 fj,i> OVK dvirjcriv K Se TWV iT\ayiwv, Kal avTO 

 TO inrdp^ov, waTrep Kal TO o\ov crre- 

 Kal ol aKpe/jioves. av/jL/Saivei Be TOVTO eVi 

 epffiK^ Kapvas Kal TTJS 'Hpa/c/Veam/o;? Kal 

 3 a\\a)v. dTrdvTWV Be TWV TOLOVTWV et? ev (f)v\\oi> 



ol /3Xa<rrot, Bi o /cal ev\6ya)s OVK 



/cal 



(6/J.oia Be TpoTrov Tiva rj av^rjcris /cal TOV CTITOV 



1 Kara . . . &\aar>v conj. W. ; Kara rovs rp6irovs (corrected 

 to TOTTOUS) /cal ^AOCTTOUS U; MVP insert TOVS before /SAaaToyj. 

 3 ^Kf(vov . . . Kara conj. W.; Ixtlvov 77 ertpa ff\ltrcu TO Icro 

 \ UAld. 

 * a\\wv : ? i\das W.; I suggest &\\ut> l\awv. 



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