THEOPHRASTUS 



TCOV 5' a\\(t)i> ra d/eriva teal rd avxiva /eai 

 rd T?}? /tt?/Xfc'a? /cal TO, TT}? Sd<pvrjs. cr/e\ij- 

 porara Be TO. Bpviva teal rd uyiva teal TO. 

 dpias' teal ydp vTro/Spe^ouai ravra TT/JOS 

 TpvTrrjartv /xaXa^ew? %dpiv. p,a\.atca Be 

 o\ov [JLev ra /j.ava KCU %avva' T&V ^e 

 LaXiara <f)i\vpa. So/cei Se KOI 0ep- 

 eh>aL rovro' arujLelov $e ore fj,d\ia-ra 

 d/jL/3\vvei rd (nS/jpia,' Ti}V yap 

 rrjv Oepfj.6rr)ra. 



4 epp,ov $ teal KLTTO^ teal Bd<f)vr] teal o 

 t ? ^ wv Ta TTVpela yLverai' Me^ecrra)/? Se 



teal avKayiivov. ^v^poTara 8e rd evv&pa teal 

 vSarwSrj. teal <y\ia"%pa Se rd ireiva teal d/j,- 

 rreXiva, $1* o teal ra? da-rriBa^ e/e rovrcov rroiovai' 

 <ydp rr\i]yevra' Kovfyorepov Be TO -n'yv 

 fj.avorepov <ydp, St' o teal rovrco {j,d\\oi> 

 TO Be TT}? irXardvov y^a-^porrjra [lev 

 Be vyporepov rovro teal TO T/}? rcre- 

 Xea?. crrifjielov Be eanv, fierd rrjv ro/Ji^v opObi* 

 orav crraOfj, rro\v vowp dcfrirjcri,. rb Be rfjs crvtea- 

 fiivov TTVKVOV dp.a teal y\ia")(pov 



5 "Eo-Tt Be /eal dcrrpafiecrrarov rb TT}? 

 8t' o KOI TGI/? arpocfreis rwv Ovp&v 

 rrreXeivovs' edv yap ovroi /jLevwa-i, teal al 6vpai 

 /jievovcriv dcrrpafBels, el Be /IT;, BiaarpecfrovraL. 

 rroiovcrt 8' avrovs e[Jirra\iv nOevres rd %v\a TO 



T6 



1 viro0pfx ova ' 1 conj. Harduin from Plin. 16. 207 ; a 

 Alil.H. ; airo&pfxovai niBas. 



- c/. 5. 5. 1, which, referring to this passage, hardly agrees 

 with it as now read. 



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