THEOPHRASTUS 



ol Be TrevrrjKOQ-raiov, fcal rovro Kara rtdvras 

 rovs dporovs* emarreipovo'i yap rives errl rrdaiv. 



f/ OX&>9 Be oaa Kara TrXetov? wpa? crrreiperai, 

 ravr ovBev Odrrov re\eia yiverai rov Oepovs. 

 Kal OavfJiaarov el /cal /j,r)6ev rj &pa o~v u/3d\\erai 

 /cal 6 drjp 7rpo9 TO Oarrov, eav Be jJiO^Orfpa Kal 

 tyvxpa Kal TW depi TrepiaKeTrr)? fipaSvrepov eVet 

 Kal %ei/JL(i>V(0v T) evSiwv km^ivo^kvwv rot? dporois 

 ore /AW ftpa&vrepov ore Be Odrrov r) /3 

 Siatyepet, Be ravra Kara rov$ dpbrovs 

 TTpwiairarov yap ev rot? evei\oi<$ Kal 



f H? yap aTrXw? elrrelv ev n\eloGi Bel ra? atria? 

 vrro\a(Be'iv r&v roiovrcw, ev re rot9 

 avrols Kal ev rfj %w/?a Kal TW depi Kal rals 

 als eKacrra arcelpovGi Kal ^eiaoovwv Kal evoiwv. 

 aXXa rovro fiev crKerrreov, e<jb' wv re rrapa\\dr- 

 rovcriv 01 %povoi, Kau e<p wv ov' KCU yap rrjv 

 pa<j)avi,Ba $>aaL rives rpiraiav Kal Oepovs Kal 

 'Xeifitovos, TO Be revr\iov, cocrrrep elpyrai, 7rapa\- 

 \drrei Kara ras wpa$. %p6voi 8' ovv ovroi rfjs 

 /3\aarr)(re(*)<; elai Kal \eyovrai Ka(? eKa^rov. 



kiafyepei Be rrpbs rb Odrrov Kal ftpaBvrepov 

 Kal 7; rwv (TTrepadrcov rraXaiorrjs. rd fjiev yap 

 drro vewv rrapayiverai Odrrov, olov rrpdaov yrjOvov 



1 &pas Vo.H. ; x^P as UM ; so also G. 



2 TcAeto conj. W. (conim.) ; ye TTO\\O. MSS.; T^ TroAAo 

 Vo.Sch.W. (text); yiverat conj. Sch. from G ; ylvevOai Aid. 



3 Kal TT) atpi . . . PpaSvrepov : grammar doubtful and text 

 perhaps defective : so given in UM ; ol 6 afyp 



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