THEOPHRASTUS 



Be ravra (TreeTrreov. rd Be -rj/j,epa (fravepa) 1 ? Bia- 

 (frepei ry TO, p,ev elvai /J.arcp6/3ia rd Be jSpa^vftia' 

 co? 8' ttTrXco? elrrelv rd dypia rwv rj/^epcov fjiarcpo- 

 ftiwrepa real 6'Xco? TCO yevei real ra avriSirjprjfjLeva 

 * etcacrrov, olov KQTIVOS e'Xaa? real a%pa<; cnriov 



eptveos o-vrcrjS' Ia")(yp6repa yap real 



yovoorepa rot? 



/jLaprvpovariv eVt 76 

 real ^/Jiepwv real dypuwv real al 



i Trapa rwv /jLV0o\6<y(ov' e\dav /JLCV yap 

 \eyovcri rrjv 'A.Oijvrja'i, ^OIVIKCL Se rbv ev 

 KOTLVOV Be TOV ev 'OXu/iTTta, a0' ov 6 crre 

 <f)Tjyoi><; Be ra? ev 'IXt<w ra? eirl TOV "iXou 

 TO?' rives Be (paai real rrjv ev AeX^ot? TrXdravov 

 *A.yafjieiJLVova (pvrevcraL real rrjv ev Ka^uai? T?}? 

 'ApreaSias. ravra fjiev ovv OTTO)? e^ei rd^ av 

 erepo? elr) \6yos' OTL Be can /jieydXrj Biatyopd 

 TWV BevBpcov (fravepov parepoftia /j.ev yap rd re 

 Trpoeiprj/jieva real erepa TrXetco- ^pa^v/Sia Be teal 

 ra roiavra 6/J,o\oyovf4eva)$, olov poid avrei} /jLrj\ea, 

 real rovrcov 77 rjpivr) H,CL\\OV Kal 77 y\vreeia rfjs 

 o^eias, wcTTrep rwv pocov 77 aTrvpijvos. /3pa%v/3ia 

 Be real d/A7re\wv evia yevrj real f^dXiara ra TTO\V- 

 reaprra' Boreel Be real rd rrdpvBpa 



1 Kal ra avr. conj. W. ; Kara avr. UMV; TO avr. Ald.H. 



2 trfptKapiriois : cf. G.P. 1. 17. 5. 



s On tlie Acropolis : c/. Hdt. 8. 55 ; Soph. O.G. 694 foil. 



