THEOPHRASTUS 



v0ea Kal rd \eia" Bel yap co? rrvKvorara trvi 

 Qelvai TTyoo? r^v KardrcvL^iv. orav be rrepi 

 rrjv Ka.fj.ivov, e^drrrova'i rrapd 



TrapaKevrovvres 6/3e\LcrKOi<;. t9 l^ev rrjv dvOpa- 



Kiv ra roiavra 



5e TOO yevei fjLev 0X0)5 ra vypd' KCLI 

 TO, %\a)pa Std rovro Svafcarrva. \eyco Se rd v 

 rd e\eia, olov rc\dravov Ireav \evKrjv 

 errel KCU rj a/xTreXo? ore vypd ^vcrKarcvo^. etc Se 

 T)? tSta? (/>ucre&)? o (poivi^, ov 8i) xal /j,d\icrrd 

 rives v7Ti\ij(f)acri SvaKCurvov' 60ev KOI Xaip)')fj.a)r 

 rov re SvcrKaTrvordrov (poivifcos e'/c y^ 

 ^>Xey9a9." $pi/j.vraros Be 6 Karrvo^ 

 epiveov Kal CL TL a\\o 07rwSe9* atria 

 Be 1} vypOTi)?' (f>\oi(T0vra Be Kal U7ro/3pe)^0evra 

 ev vBan eirippVTCp Kal perd ravra ^tjpavdevra 

 rrdvrwv uKarrvorara Kal <f)\6ya fJLa\aKu>rdrr]i> 

 dvirjaiv, are Kal TT)? otVeta? vyporrjros e!"i)pr)tiVi}<i. 

 BpifAeia Be Kal i] re(f)pa Kal 77 Kovla rj ari avrwv. 

 fjidXtara Be fyacn rrjv drfo TT}? duvyBa\f)s. 



n/oo? o^ T? KafJLivla? Kal ra? aXXa? re%vas 

 a\\rf aAAcn? %pr}(ri/j/i]. e^rcvpeveaOai Be apiara 

 GVKr] Kal e\da' avKrj fjiev, on y\ia^pov re Kal 

 fj-avov, Mare e\KL re Kal ov Siei<riv e\da Be, on 

 TTVKVOV Kal \L7rapov. 



1 Ata conj. Seal, from G ; yea Aid. 



3 With sods. cf. Plin., I.e. , who seems to have had a fuller 

 text. 



1 An Athenian tragic poet. Seal, restores the quotation 



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