THEOPHRASTUS 



rroiooBrj ra Be Xo^/zcoS??. Xeyw Be 

 olov TO cre\U'ov ro e\eiov teal o&a a'XXo. roi- 

 avra' \o)(fjLii)Br) Be Ka\a^ov KVTreipov c^Xeco 



VOV oVTOfJiOV, ClTTCp a^eBbv KOivd TTaVrWV TWV 

 Kal ra>V TOIOVTWV TOTTWV. 



8e teal /3droi KOI Traklovpoi Kal ra 

 a\\a SevSpa, KaOaTrep Irea \evKi] TrXarai/o?. ra 

 fjiev ovv HXP L r v KaraKpiJTrrecrOaL, ra Be o'ycrre 

 fjiLKpov vTrepe^eiv, rwv Be ai fjiev pl^at Kal /j,i/cpoi> 

 rov crreXe'^of? ev rw vypu), TO Be aXXo crwytta TTUV 

 e'a>. rovro yap Kal Irea Kal K\i')6 pa Kal rr\ardv(p 

 Kal (j)i\vpa Kal vracrt Tot9 (j)i\vBpois cr 



Be Kal ravra KOIVO, rrvrwv rwv Trora- 

 eanv errel Kal ev ru> NetXft) rrefyvKev ov 

 TroXX?; ye 77 TrXaTa^o?, aXXa (Trravicorepa en 

 rj \evKrj, TrXetcrT?; Be /teXta KOL (3ov/ne\.io$. 

 rwv yovv ev Alyinrra) <^>vo^vu>v TO /jiev o\ov 

 TTO\V 77X7)^09 eariv TT/OO? TO dpi6 ^I'l&acrOai KaO' 

 ov /AIJV aXX w? 76 avrXw? eirrelv arravra 

 Kal ^fXou? e^ovra y^UKels. Bia(f)epeii> 

 Be BoKel rfi <y\vKvrtjri /cat TCO rpocf)i/j,a fidXicrra 

 elvai rpia ravra, o re rrdrcvpos Kal rb Ka\ov- 

 crdpi Kal rpirov o ^vdaiov KO\Q\)GI. 



Be 6 rrdrrvpos OVK ev J3d6ei rov vBaros 

 aXX' ocroi^ ev Bvo 7r)'/%ecriv, evia%ov Be Kal ev 

 e\drrovi. Tra^o? /j.ev ovv TT)? |0t^5 r)\iKOV Kap- 

 TTO? %et/30? dvBpbs evpoocrrov, /JLTJKOS Be vTrep re- 

 y (frverat Be vrrep TT)? 7/}? auTT;?, 

 rov 7rrj\bv KaOielaa \e-nrds Kal 

 Be TOU? rrarrvpovs Ka\ovfj,evov<; rpiyoovovs, 



'yovv K.T.\.: text probably defective; what follows 

 appears to relate to rck 



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