THEOPHRASTUS 



Kal TO pAyeOos Kal TTJV o\r)v Trpoao^iv, TOV 

 Be Kapjrov iBi(i)S (frepei Trapa ra aXXa, KaOcnrep 

 Kal ev TO?? e' ap^r}?' ov jap CLTTO TWV 



* CLTCO TWV aKp/JLOl>(i)V aXX* K TOV 



GVKQV KOI rfj otyet 



Be r 7rapa7r\rj(TLOV, TW %fXw 8e KOI rfj y\VKvrr^n 

 rot? o\vv6oi<$, 7T\r)V ryKvKVTepov TTO\V KCU rcey- 



OVK e^ovra, 7r\ij0i Be iroX.vv. 



7TTT61V OV BvVdTat, fJLT) ZTTLKViaQ } VTCL' d\\' 



? eTrircvi^ovcriv a 6' av 



7TLKVi,o~0fj TTapraia Trerrerat,' TOVTWV 8' afyai- 

 peOevTcav 7rd\iv aX-Xa <uerat Kal ct\\a Kal ex 

 rov avTOV TOTTOV fjLTjBev Trapa\\uTToi>Ta- Kal 

 TOV@' ol fjiev rpl? ol Be TC\eovaKi<s (f>ao~l yiveaOai. 

 2 7ro\vo7rov Be TO BevBpov o~<f)6Bpa eaTi Kal TO %v\ov 

 avTOV et? TroXXa xpijai/jiov. iBiov Be %eiv BoKel 

 Trapa raXXa* TfiirjOev yap evdvs *)(\u>p6v eo~Ti' 

 avaiveTai Be epfivdiov et? (BoOpov Be e/ji/3d\\ovo-i 

 Kal et? ra? Xt/m*9 evdvs Kal Tapi^evovo-f 



8' eV TW ftvdy fyipaiveTai- Kal 

 reXect)? ^ijpbv yevrjTai, ror6 dvafyepeTai Kal einvel 

 Kal BoKel TOTC Ko\w<f TTapixevo~0ai' yiverai yap 



Kal fJLavov. rj //,e*> ovv 

 ra? 



3 "EjOiKe Be T? TrapaTT\rio~ia r) fyvais elvai 

 TT)? eV KpiJTrj AraXouyLteV^? KfTrpta? 

 yap e/ceivrj <f>epei TOV Kapirov CK TOV 



l K TO)V TTa^VTCLTWV CLKpefJiOVdiV, TTXr/f OTl 



rro^ Tiva d(f)ir)o~t, [UKpov a$>v\\ov wo~7rep 

 pityov, 7T/?09 a) ye 6 KapTros. TO Be crTXe^o9 /Jieya 



1 1. 1. 7; c/. 1. 14 2. 



3 c/. G.P. 1. 17. 9; Diosc. 1. 127; Athen. 2. 36. This 



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