THEOPHRASTUS 



?; Be e'Xaa Bia rb aeUj>v\\ov varepov oaai aev ovv 

 av (f)V\\ol3o\rjO'(i)o'tv dva/3io!)crfcovrat. TrdXiv, ocrai 

 & av fjirj reXew? arro\\vvrat. Trap 1 eviois Be rives 

 aTTOKavOelaai KCU rwv <pv\\a)v avavOevrcov ave- 

 ftXdcrrrjcrav rcd\iv dveu rov u7ro/3a\iv KOI ra 

 cj)v\\a aveftiwcrev. Via%ov 8e KOI 

 TOVTO av/jiftaivei, KaOairep KOL eV 

 is Ta 8' eKTrayevTa, OTCLV /jirj re\e&)9 

 rd^icrra avajSXaa'Tdvei, ware ei/Ovs rrjv 

 Kap7ro(f)0peii>, oxTTrep ev erraXta. ev be 

 irepl TlavTLKaTraiov ai /xev 



ore jiev VTTO v'ov$ eav 



77 TO ero9, ore ^e VTTO Trdyoov edv ye TTO\VV 



afi^orepa Be /ndXiara 

 Tpoiras irepi ra9 TeTrapaKovra. 

 Be ol fiev Trdyoi, rat? alOpiai^, ra Be 



>} K7rr)j;i<; oTav aWpia? ovcr^s ai 

 epwvTat,. ravra B' early coaTrep ra 

 TrXarvrepa, teal (f)epo/j.eva <fcavepa Trecrovra 

 Be ov Bia/jLevei' Trepl Be TI^V paKijv eKTrij-yvvvrai. 

 14 'AXXa jap ai jjiev voaoi iroaai re KOI Trolau KOI 



/cal 7rd\ii> ai BC virepftoXr/v 

 (f)6opal /cal ai Bia Trvev- 

 rj OepaorijTa Bia TOVTWV 

 wv evLd? ovOev av KW\VOL /cal rot? 



eivat KOLVCLS KCU, Kara rrjv 6\r]v 



BevBpwv (>0opav /cal en fjLa\\ov Kara rr]V rwv 

 o /cal crv jnfiaivov opw/nev OVK evKaprrel 



1 Plin. 17. 233. 



2 tKirayevra conj. Sch.; ^KirXayevra U; fKTr \ijytvr a Aid. 

 8 lav 76 conj. Sch.; lav 5e U ; ai/ TT. %. 8. 76 Aid. 



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