THEOPHRASTUS 



e%ov(Ti Biacfropds' ol /nev yap TWV a\\wv 



dTC\OVO~TepOl Kal eKciTTOVS, O Be TOV Kl^OplOV 



/Jieyas Kal airofyvdet,? e%a>z> TroXXa?, ert Be 7X1- 

 cr^/oo? Kal BvaBiaipeTos, Si o KOI &e<7yu&> xptovrai* 

 7rapa/3\ao-TrjTiKbv Be teal rfj pity Kal aX-Xw? 

 /Aa/cpoppi&v, Si o Kal 8vcra)\0pov orav yap 

 K\axaviaci)VTai,, irakiv TO V7ro\oi,7rov ap^rjv 

 \ajjij3dvei yeveaews. (Tv^/Salvei, Se Kal TrapavOelv 

 avrov yt/.e/?o9 aXXo Kai aXXo, tcai TOVTO ctxpi TOV 



fJLGTOTTCOpOV, O~K\rjpOV BoKOVVTO? LVai TOV KaV\OV. 



Be Kal \oj3bv ev (j> TO o~Tcep^a irepl TCL aKpa 



f H 8e VTroxoipIs \eiOTpa Kal 

 Trpocro^ei Kal y\vKVTepa Kal ov% wo~7rep 

 SpuXXa- TO yap o\ov OVK eBtoSifjios avTrj Ka 

 aftpwTos Kal ev Ty pity SpifAvv OTTOV e^et Kal 

 TTO\VV. 



"AyS/3ft>ro9 Be Kal TTiKpa rj dTraTn]' 7rpa)'iav0r)S 

 Be Kal ra^u yrjpda-Kei Kal aTroTraTTTrovTai,, elr' 

 aXXo (frveTai Tfakw Kal aXXo Kal TOVTO Trap o\ov 

 Troiel TOV "xziyutova Kal TO eap a.^pi TOV Oepovs" TO 

 B* av0o<$ iirfkivoeiBes. 



'Ho-aurw9 Be Kal rj TriKpLv Kal yap avTfj TU> 

 rjpi, dv6el, Kal irapairK^la Bi? 6\ov TOV %ej/xwi>o<? 

 Kal TOV Oepovs irapavOel' TJJ yevaet, Be TciKpd, Bi 

 o Kal Tovvo/jLa e^X^^e. TavTa jjiev ovv ev Tav- 



1 e \OLTTOVS conj. Seal. ; Qdrrovs UMAld. 



2 Plin. 21. 88. 3 rb conj. Sch.; rV Aid. 



4 Meaning not obvious ; or/fArjpoG is perhaps corrupt. 

 6 viroxoipls conj. Seal. ; viroxupy(ris UMAld. cf. 7. 7. 1 n. 

 6 oix wcrirep : an adjective has perhaps dropped out between 

 these words ; ? iriKpa. (amara Plin. I.e.). 



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