THEOPHRASTUS 



XVII. "Ewo. Be IBiMTepa, KaOaTrep KOL 6 <eA,Xo>> 

 <yiverai fj,ev ev Tvpprjvia, TO Be BevBpov ecrrl crre- 

 \e%a)Bes fiev KOI o\Ly6/c\aBov, evprjKes 8' eTTieiicws 

 KOI evav%e<f %v\ov icr^vpov TOV Be <f)\oiov 7ra%vv 

 cr(f)6Bpa KOI KaTapprjyvvfMevov, wcnrep o rr)? TTLTVOS, 

 7r\r)v KUTCL fiei^co. TO Se <>v\\ov O/AOIOV rat? 



OVK ai<j)V\\ov 

 Kapirov $e [atet] (frepei 

 /3a\avijpov O/AOIOV TTJ apla. Trepiaipovat, Be TOV 

 (>\oiov teal (fiacri &eiv iravTa dtfiaipelv, el Be fj,ij 

 ryiveTai TO Sev&pov e^avaTrXijpovTai, Be 

 o"%eBov ev Tpicrlv eTeaiv. 



iSiov Be teal 1} /co\ovTea Trepl Anrdpav BevBpov 

 VjjL,eye0e$, TOV Be KapTrov (frepei ev \o/3ois 

 o? TTiaivei TO, TrpofiaTa 



Be CLTCO aTrep/JiaTOS KOI etc TT)? TWV 



KOTrpov Ka\\icrTa. wpa Be T/}? 

 J ApKTovpa) Bvofjievti)' Bel Be fyvTevei 

 OTav J'/Br) Bia$>vr]Tai ev TW vBctTi. (j)v\\ov B* 

 T/]\ei. j3\ao~Tdvei Be TO 



7rl Trj /LtaTucrra Tpia ev ot? /ecu ra? 



Bo/covcri yap elvai rca\ai" 

 /eal edv Ti? K0\ova"r) aTroQvr}GKG.i' fcal yap aTca- 

 pd/3\a(TTov ecrTiv elra cr^t^erat KOL cnroBev- 



BpOVTai TW TCTUpTM 6T. 



1 Plin. 16. 34. 



2 Tvppi}via. COnj. R. Const.; irupprjvlai UMV; irvppr)v(a, Aid. 



* alfl must be corrupt : probably repeated from ad(pv\\ov. 



4 0a\avr]p}>i> conj. Sch. ; 0a\avrj(popov UM VAld. 



5 apla conj. R. Const, from G ; 07^01 P 3 MVAld. ; crypfcn U. 



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