THEOPHRASTUS 



eoiKe (frepeiv 6 TOTTO?' ev Prjyiq) yovv a? 

 Trpe&ftvrepos 6 rvpavvos etpvrevcrev ev TO> irapa- 

 Beicrw, at elcrt vvv ev rw yv/JLvaaiw, (f)t\ori/jLrjdela'ai 

 ov BeBvvrjvrai \a/3e2v /zeye#o?. 



"Ei'fot Be rrKeiarrjv eyovcn TrXdravov, ol Be 

 7TT\eav Kol Ireav, ol $e fJLVpiKrfv, waTrep 6 AI/zo?. 

 wcrre ra jjiev roiavra, KaOdrrep e\e%0r), rwv TOTTWV 

 L&ICL dereov OJJLOLCOS ev re rot? dypiois /cal rot? 

 ij/jiepois. ov jjirjv d\\d Ta^ av e^lr) KOI rovrwv 

 7ri TIVWV cocrre &iaKO(T/J,i)0VTwv SvvaaOat rrjv 

 (pepetv, o KOI vvv ^v^^alvov opw/Aev KOL 



evla)V teal 



VI. MeytVT?^ Be Sia<popav avTrfs TT}? 

 ro)V SevSpayv KOL aTrXaw TWV uX^/zara)^ V7ro\rj- 

 Trreov i]V KOU nrpoTepov eiTro/jiev, OTL ra fiev eyyaia 

 ra 8' evvBpa rv<y%dvei, KaOdrrep rwv ^GOCOV, Kal rwv 

 <f)vrwv ov fjiovov ev rot? e\ecn KOI rat? \i/j,vai<; 

 KOL TO?? Trora/zoi? jap d\\a Kal ev rf) 8a~\.drrr) 

 Kal v\.rjp,ara evia ev re rfj e^w Kal SevSpa* 



ev fJiev jdp rfj rcepl /;//,a9 /JiiKpdrrdvra ra 

 Kal ovSev vrrepe'xpv 0)9 eiTrelv rfjs #aAarr?;<r ev 

 eKeivrj &e Kal ra roiavra KOL vrrepe^ovra, 

 erepa Be fjbei'a> BevBpa. 



Ta fJLev ovv rrepl ^//.a? ecrri rdSe' 

 [iev Kal KOLvorara rraviv TO re <J)VKO<; /cal ro 

 ftpvov Kal oaa a\\a roiavra' (fravepoorara Be Kal 



1 <f>i\oTi/j.7)6e7(rai conj. St.; ^/Xor/jU^^eU !NTSS ; Plin. 12. 7. 

 ' 2 Pa,\aTT7;j coiij. Seal, from G ; e'ActTTjj Ald.H. 



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