THEOPHRASTUS 



Se e%et eipiwri eTTiapeiav. X L KaL T02 ' 



KapTrbi' oyuoto)? 7rpo? evi fjLLO")(w 7ra;6t ftorpvcoB?] 

 Be' yiverai Be KaTaTreTraivofjievos //.eXa?, WJLLOS Be 

 cov o/ji(f)aKa)Br)S' /jLeyeOet, Be p^iKpCo fieifov opbfiov 

 rrjv vypaa-iav $e olvcoBrj rfj o\^er KOL ra? 

 T\iov/jivoi /SaTTTOvrat. KOI ra? /ce^aXa?* e^et 

 /cat ra eWo? o-ij&afioeiBrj rrjv 



7 TIdpv&pov Se /cat 77 t'rea /cat TroXveiSes" r] 

 /j,\aiva Ka\.ov/j.evr) TU> TQV <>\oiov e^eiv fj.eX.ava 

 KOI fyou'iKovv, ?; Be \evrcrj TO> \evKov. /caA-Xtou? 

 Se e^et ra? pd/3$ovs real xprjcrifAWTepas et9 TO 

 TT\eKetv ?} iLtKaiva, rj Se \euKrj Kairvpwrepa^. ecni 

 Be real T/}? yueXatV^9 real TT}? Xef/c?}? eWoz> yevos 



fJLLKpOV KOi OVK e~)(pv CLV^dlV 669 ^^0?, MCTTTep 



eir aXkwv rovro SevBpcov, oiov rceSpov 

 Ka\ovcn, S' ol Trepl 'ApfcaSiav OVK Ireav d\\a 

 ekiK^v TO SevBpov oiovrai Be, wcnrep e\e^0)j, /cal 

 Kapirov %iv avrrjv JOVIJJLOV. 



XIV. "Ran Be Trjs TrreXea? Bvo 761/77, /cal TO fjitv 

 6pei7TT\ea Ka\eiTat TO Be TrreXea' BiatyepeiBe r<a 

 0a/AV(t)Be(TTepov elvai rrjv r jrre\eav evav^ecrTepov Be 

 TrfV bpeiTTTe\eav. fyv\\ov Be dcr^Se? TreptKe^apay- 

 j, TrpofJirjKecr'repov Be rov T^}? aTriov, 



1 KaraTTttraiv6iJ.fi> os conj. W. ; /cal ireir. VAld. 



2 al ... fid-movrai I conj., following Seal., W., etc., but 

 keeping closer to U : certain restoration perhaps impossible ; 



TCIS x e *V> as TfAeiouy ava^Xaar^i 5e /cal ras KftpaXds U ; 

 5e reAei'ovS' afa^Aatre? MV ; om. G. 

 Plin. 16. 174 and 175. 



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