THEOPHRASTUS 



TT}? ptfys 1 Bi b /cal Trapa ra9 oSou? /cal ev 

 rot? KporrjTois tcd\\i(TTOS. rj Be (frvreia CLTTO 



iWft v 



u Tavra /juev ovv ovro) yevvdrai. ra ' aXXa 

 avQt) ra Trpoeiprj/jieva iravia (nrelpe'rai, olov 

 hovia SioaavOos i<f>vov <^>Xof r)/jL6poKa\\e<;' /cal 

 yap avra real al pi^ai fuXcoSei?' (TTreipercu Se 

 KOI TI olvdvOy fcal yap teal TOVTO dvOwbes. rd 

 fi^lt ovv av6iK,d (jye&ov ev rourot? /cal rot? opo'iot,*; 



\7J1rT60V. 



VII. Ta Be Tpa Trdvra /JLW dvOel /cal crTrep- 

 fj,o<t>opi, So/eel be ov irdvra Bid TO pr) fyavepov 

 elvai TIVCOV TOP /caprrov eVel /cal TO 

 ev'itov dfiavpov aXX' OTL ftpaSecos /cal 

 Tepa>5 Trapayiverai, rfj (pvreia xpwvrai fj,d\\ov, 

 2 w o-7re/3 IXe^Orj /cal fear dp%d<;. /cairoi Biarei- 

 vovjai Tives a>? ov/c . e^ovrcdv Kapirov 01 re 

 ireTTeipacrOat (frda/covres /cal TOVTWV elo~Lv, avrol 

 ydp fypdvai 7ro\\d/ci<; /cal aTrorptyai /cal (nrelpai, 

 teal ovSeTTtoTTore ^kaarelv ovre pirv\\ov ovre 

 \eviov ovre cncrvfiftpiov ovre pivQav TT encipher 9 at 

 ydp /cal TavTijs. dXX* o/zw? e/celvo d\r)0ecrTpov, 

 r) re TWV dypic&v (frvcris eTTi^aprvpel' /cal yap 

 ep7rv\\6<; evTLV aypios, bv /co/x/fo^re? e/c rwv 

 opwv (f>VTevovai /cal ev ^IKV&VI /cal 'AOrfvycriv e/c 

 rov "TjATjTTOV' Trap' aXXot? Be oXw? opr) 

 Kal \6<poi, KaOdirep ev rfj pa/cy /cal 



1 irdrcf conj. Turneb. and others ; /carco Aid. 



2 KporrjTo'ts : Plin. I.e. iuxta semitas ac fontes. Did he read 

 icpovvois 1 



3 avOiKa conj. Seal. ; aKat>0iica Aid. c/. 6. 6. 2. 



4 dAA' '6ri conj. W. from G ; *\\o St UMPAld. 



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