THEOPHRASTUS 



2 Aiacpepovcri be KOI rot? avOecrt TTO\V' ev fjiev 

 yap rot? BevBpecn TCI ye TrXeto-ra Xeu/ca, ra Be 

 fjLiKpov 67ri7rop(f)vpiovTa, TO, Be TTocoBrj Kal xXocoBrj, 

 Kj(pcocrjjievov Be dvdivco < ovBev ev Be rot? TTOICO- 

 Becri rwv avOwv > TroXXal Kal TravToSctTral %poial 

 KOI a/cparot, real pe/juiy/uevai teal evoo-jAOi Srj /cal 

 aoo-fioi elviv. /cal ra fiev SevSpa rr)v avGrjaiv 

 aOpoav Troielrai, TOVTCOV S' evia /cara yu-e/oo?, cocr- 

 TTe/9 eXe^drj Kal Trepl rov wicL^ov, Si o /cal TTO\VV 

 %p6vov avOel, Kadairep a\\a re 7ro\\a /cal TO 



ffklO TpOTTLOV Kal TO Kt,%6plOV. 



3 IloXXat 8e /cal TWV pi^wv $ia(f)opal /cal rpoTrov 

 nva al TOVTCOV (fravepcoTepai' elcrl yap al fjuev 

 ^uXcoSet? al Be o-ap/cwBeis /cal IvcoSeis, wtTTrep /cal 

 TCOV rj/jLepwv, /cadciTrep at re TOV GITOV /cal TT}? 

 Troa? T>}9 7r\iaTij<f. avT&v Be TOVTCOV 6/cacrTat 

 7rXet<TTa9 e^ovcri Siatyopcis ^pco/jLaat 



fjiois fJieyedecTLV' al fj,V yap \ev/cal al 8e 

 al 8* epvdpai, KaOdirep r\ re TT}? dy%ovcrr)s /cal TOV 

 epevOeBdvov al B* cocnrep avQal /cal ^vXoeiBeis' 

 val y\vtcelai Be /cal Tri/cpal /cal Bpi/j,eiai /cal 

 evcoBeis teal /ca/ccoBeis, /cal zviai ^ap^aKoo^e^, a>? 

 ev aXXot? eipijTai. 



4 &ia(f)0pal Be /cal TCOV crap/ccoScov al p,ev yap 

 (TTpoyyvkai, al Be Tcpo^Kei^ Kal ffdXavcoSeis, 



da(f)oBe\ov /cal /cpo/cov /cal al /j,ev \eirv- 

 , cocrTrep 1} TOV /3o\/3ov /cal TJ}? o-Ki\\,r)s real 

 /3o\/3coBei<> Kal Kpo/J>vov Be Kal ytjdvov Kal 



1 c/. 1. 13. 1. 



2 ouSec . . . av6>v add. Seal, from G (/(expoxr/ueVcDi' Se av0iK$ 

 iro\\al UMAld.) ; avQivcf for av6ut$ conj. W., who also added 

 rwv a.v9S>v. See LS. av6iv6s. 



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