THEOPHRASTUS 



2 ^Aaarri} be (fivcrec /cvrrdpirros /ceBpos eftevos 

 Xa>To? ?ri/os % eXaa /corivos rrev/crj evBaBos a/)ta 

 pD? /capva ]Lv/3oi/ci). rovrwv Be ^poviwrara 

 Bo/cel ra /cvrrapLrriva elvai' TO, yovv ev ' 



a)v at Ovpai rov vewcnl veu>, 



e/ceiro yeveds. /Jiova 8e /cal crTL\/3r)$6va 

 t' o /cal ra cnrovSa^ofAeva rwv epyutv e/c 

 TTOLOIKTI. TMV Se aXXwv acraTrecnaTov 

 ra tcwnapiTriva KOL ra Ovco&r) rr]v avKa- 

 elvai (fracri, Kal ia%vpov a^a /cal evepyov ro 

 yiverai Be ro v\oi' [/cal] 7ra\aiov/j,evoi' 

 w<jrrep XWTO?. 



3 "Erf Be a\\o rrpos aXXo /cal ev aXX&) aaarres, 

 olov TrreXea /JLV ev rq> aepu, Bpvs Be /caropvr- 

 ro/jLevi] /cal ev rw vBart Kara^pe^ofievt]' Bo/cel 

 yap 6'A.w? acravre? elvai,' BiS o /cal ei? TOU? rrora- 

 //-ou? /cal el<$ Ta? \LfjLva<? e/c rovrwv vavTrijyovcriv 

 ev Be rfj 0a\drrr) cnjTrerai. ra Be aXXa Btafievei 

 fjLa\\ov, orrep /cal ev\oyov, rapL^evo/neva ry 



4 Ao/cet Be /cal 77 o^vrj rrpos rb vBwp 



elvai /cal fteXriwv yivecrOai ft /oe%o /jbevrj . /cal rj 

 /capva Be i] }Lvj3oi/crj daamft. cfiacrl Be /cal rrjv 

 rrev/crjv eXdrrjs fjLa\\ov vrrb repyBovos e 

 rijv /jiev yap elvai fyipdv, rr)v Be rrev/crjv 

 y\v/cvrr)ra, real ocrw evBaBayrepa, fjLa\\ov rrdvra 



1 Plin. 16. 213. 



8 rf6rjffavpi(T/j.ei^a . . . fKfiro conj. Bentley; 

 . . . tKftvTo Ald.H. ; P has 



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