THEOPHRASTUS 



o<ra Touro9 o/jioia. at Be o/uaXet9 teal 

 /cal fj,a\a/cal BC o\ov /cal wo~7Tep a<$)\oioi, 

 TOV apov at Be <j)\oibv e^ovai 777)09 rfj ffaprci, 



rj rov KV/c\a/j,lvov /cal Tr?9 

 airacrai 8' al evooSeis rj <y\v/celai 

 fcal eScoSi/AOi, 0^8' al iriicpal affpcoTOi 1 aXX* oaai 

 a/3Xa/3et9 elcrt, TW crcoyLtart yw-era TTJV Trpoafyopdv 

 eviai yap yXvrceiai, fjiev Oavdai/uoi & fcal vocr<*>$eis, 

 5 al Se TU/cpal /j,ev fj /cafca>&eis axpeXi/jiOi, Be. rov 

 avrbv Be Tpojrov /cal (j>v\\a /cal Kav"\oi, KaOdirep 

 TOV d^TLvOiov /cal TOV /cevTavpiov. Bia<f>opa Be 

 /cal /caTa TTJV (B\darTr](j LV /cal /caTa TIJV avQrjcriv, 

 olov dp^ofjievov xei/J-wvos /cal JJ,O-OVVTO$ /cal 

 rjpos rj Oepovs r) fjieTOTrwpov. /cal eVt TWI 

 wv Be o/jLoicos TW ftpwTovs elvai /cal ey%v\ov$ 

 /cal (j)v\\a teal crTrepyu-ara teal pta<}' /cal ei 

 aurot? rourot? /caTa rou? xvXovs, olov 

 /cal ^>pifjbVTr]Ti /cal y\v/cvT7jTi /cal 

 /cal rat? aAAeu? rat9 TOiavTais a?rXw9 re /cal 

 /caTa TO fjua\\ov. r9 fiev ovv Biacpopas ev 



TOfTOi9 \rjTTTeOV. 



X. AiyprjfjLevcov Be /caTa ra9 w/3a9 e/cdaTcov 

 7T/709 re ra9 /3\ao~Tij(Ti<i /cal /caTa T9 dvffrfcreis 

 /cal T\ei(i)(reis TCOV tcapjrwv, ovBev dvaf3\aaTdvei, 

 TTpb T^9 ol/ceia? wpas OVTC TWV pio(f)va)v ovTe 

 o~7rp/jLO(f)V(j<)V, ttXX* e/cao~Tov dvafjievei TTJV 



1 /cal conj.W.;^ Aid. 



2 T(f jSpwrous tlvai Kal f'y%v\ovs tvlois COllj. W. ; rb 

 flvai Kal KavXobs ilvai Ald.H. Text probably defective. 



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