THEOPHRASTUS 



rd da6eveo-repa /cal 7rXetoz>09 eTT^u-eXet'a? Beo/^eva, 

 rd Be /cal Tpocfrrjs. 



II. ^verai Be irdvra dirb rov trTre/o/zaro?, evia 

 Be /cal CLTTO Trapa&TrdBos /cal /c\covo$ /cal pi^rjs. 

 OLTTO /j,ev 7rapao~7rdBo<; rj pdtyavos' Bel yap Tt, /cal 

 pi^wBes 7rpoo~\a/3eiv. UTTO Be TWV j3\ao-ro)v Tnj- 

 yavov opiyavos W/CIJAOV dTrotyvrevovat, yap /cal 

 rovro orav o-TTidafjaalov rj fiel^ov <yewr)rai 

 et9 TO ijfjiio'V. d'jro plty]S Be G/copoBov /cal 

 /cal /3oX$09 /cal apov /cal a?rXw9 ra roiavra TWV 

 /cetyaXoppi^cov. fyveTai Be /cal ei TIVWV al pi^au 

 Biapevovcriv eirl 7r\eiova %pbvo 

 ovT(ov. on Be aTrb o-Trep/jLaros Trdvra 

 (fravepov /cal yap TO Trrjyavov, OTrep ov (f>a(TL rives, 



d\\d PpaBews, Bi' b /cal dTro^vrevovaiv. 



tt f\ 5,\>\/o i/ / r \ */t* 



(Jcra oe airo pifys (pverai, rovrwv rj /JLCV pia 



Xpovtos avrd Be e7rerei6/cav\a, Bi b /cal rrapa/B^a- 

 (TTavovaiv al pi^at TWV TOIOVTCOV /cal .yivovrai 

 ov fiovov ev ro?9 ^epoL^ teal /crjTrevo- 

 d\\d /cal ev ro?9 dypiois, wcnrep eljrofJLev, 

 olov /3oX/9ot9 yr)6voi<s cr/ci\\at,<; /cal ro?9 d\\oi<;. 

 B* evia /cal rcov /jirj K,e<f)a\oppi%wv 

 Be, olov o~e\ivov /cal revT~\iov' d<f>iao-t, 

 yap pl%a<$ (/>' wv (frvovrai $v\\,a /cal /cav\oi. 



1 Plin. 19. 121. - c/. C.P. 1. 4. 2. 



3 Set yap TI QP 2 ; ael ydp n Ald.H.G; Sch. suggests 5e for 

 yap, missing the sense. 



4 jSAaffTwv corresponds to KAwvbs above, 



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