THP:OPHRASTUS 



\V7rpdv e%L 'Xtopav Kal aTpO(>oi>. avTi] [iev 67;, 

 KaOdjrep eiprjTai, KOIVTJ cf)0opd TTCLVTWV. 



XVI. *Hv $e Kokoucriv ^TTLKOTT^V TWV BevSpcop, 

 fjiovov TrevKrjs e'XaTT?? TTLTVOS $>OIVIKO<$, ol Be Kal 

 KeBpov teal KvirapiTTOv (fraai. ravra yap, eav 

 TrepiaipeOfj TTJV Kofjur/v avwOev KOI 7riK07ry TO 

 aKpov, <f)@eipeTai TrdvTa /cal ov {3\aa-rdvei, KaOd- 

 Trep ov& eTTLKavdevra ?} Trdvra 77 evia. TO, 8' 

 a\\a Trdvra Kal TrepiKOTrevra ftXacTTavei, Kal 

 evia <ye KaXXico ryiverai, KaOdjrep 77 e\da. Sia- 

 (f)0eiperai Be ra 7roX\.a KCLV a"%i.crdfj TO areXe^o?' 

 ov$ev jap V7ro/j,eveiv SOKCL 7rXr)z^ dfJLTreXou Kal 

 GVKrjs Kal poa? Kal fJLi]\.a^' evia $e Kav eX.Kw9f) 

 Kal [Jbel^ov Kal fiaOvrepov aTroXXurai. ra S' 

 ovSev 7rdcr%i, KaOdirep r) TrevKrj SaSovpyov/Aevr), 

 Kal e wv Srj ra? prjTiva? crv~\,\eyovcriv, olov e'Xa- 

 TT;? TepfJiivOov Kal yap 8rj TOVTWV et? 



l yap e d(f)6pcov 



KOI 



2 Ta Be Kal 7re\eKr)o~ii> inro/Aevei KOL opdd Kal 

 TrecrovTa inro Trvev/jiaTOS, coo-re 7rd\iv dvic 

 Kal ijv Kal (^acndveiv, olov trea Kal 



oTrep awe/By Kal ev 'AvTavBpy Kal ev 

 > / \fj// \> 



eKTt<jov(TT)<$ y a p &>? ajreKO'urav TOI)? 



Kal eTce\eK^<jav, dve(j)v>] VVKTWP rj 

 KovfyiaOelcra TOV ftdpovs Kal dveftia Kal 6 

 7T6pi(j)V 7rd\iv. 7rapa7T67re\eK'rj/uLevrj 



1 ^^./ f. <? r>\ \ pv / r. / 



K TWV ovo fjiepwv rjv oe TO oevopov peya 



1 Plin. 17. 236 ; cf. 3. 7. 2; C.P. 5. 17. 3. 



2 cf. 3. 9. 5. 



3 frvudti' Koi conj. W. : Kal UvuQev Aid. 



4 c/. 1. 3. 3; 1. 14. 2. 



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