THEOPHRASTUS 



3 'E(TTi O6 Kai 1) bffTpVS [AOVOClOt] 1 ?, TfV Ka\OV<Ti 



Tives offTpvav, o/jLO^ves Trj 6va Trj T 

 TW (fc\oiq)' (>v\\a Be aTTtoeiBrj TU> 



7roXX&> Kal els ou avvT)y/j.eva Kal 

 >, 7ro\v'iva Be, airo TT}? 



TWV a\\a)V Tr\eupoeiB(t)$ 



'Vawv eTL Be eppVTiBco/jLeva KaTa 

 Ta? lva<$ Kal xapay/jLov e")(ovTa KVK\U> XeTTTOf TO 

 Be %v\ov &K\r)pov Kal a^povv, K\evKov 

 Be fJLLKpov Trpo/jLaKpov ofjioiov KptOfj %av66v pi 

 Be ex ei fJ-T(*)povs' evvBpov Be Kal (frapayycoBes. 

 \eyeTai Be co? OVK erriTijBeLov et? ol/ciav eicrfye- 

 peiv &vcr6avaTelv yap <f>ao~L Kal BvaTOKeiv ov 

 av y. 



4 TT)? Be (piXvpas i] fj,ev apptjv e'crTt 7; Be 6i]\eia' 

 Biaffrepovcri Be Trj /JLOp<f)f) Trj o\rj Kal Trj TOV %v\ov Kal 

 TO> TO }j,ev elvai KdpTn^ov TO 8' aKapTrov. TO p,ev 

 yap Trjs appevos %v\ov GK\ripov Kal %av6ov Kal 

 o^wBeo-Tepov Kal TCVKVoTepov eo~ri t CTI B* evaiBe- 

 GTepov, TO Be T;)? 6r]\elas \evKOTepov. Kal 6 



TT}? /j,ev appevos Tra^vTepos Kal rrepLaipeOels 

 7)9 Bia TIJV o~K\r)poTr)Ta, Trjs Be 0rj\eia<; XeTT- 



Ka evKajLTns, e ov Ta? KiaTas TTOLOVULV 



Kal TI /AW aKapiros Kal avavOrjs, rj Be 0jj\eia 

 Oos %(, Kal Kaprrov TO /j,ev avdos Ka\v- 

 Trapa TOV TOV (j)v\\ov ^iayov Kal rrapa 



1 cf. 1. 8. 2 (offrpvis), 3. 3. 1 ; C.P. 5. 12. 9 (oarpvn) ; Plin. 

 13. 117. 



2 /if'rrjs . . . Kararfifovffwv conj. Sell.; ^e'crTjj 7rAupoet8<ij 

 TWV &\\ui> fvOftuf Kal fjLfyd\T]i> KaraTftyovffu>v Aid. C/. 1. 10. '2 ; 

 3. 17. 3. 



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