THEOPHRASTUS 



rats rat? Bia<f>opai$. rreipareov Be, a>9 

 /cal rwv a\\a)v \a/JL/3dvew OJJLOLWS. 



XII. Tlo\v Be TI yevos ecrrl Aral rwv (rap/cop- 

 pia)v YI /cetyaXoppi^cov, a KOI 777)09 ra a\\a teal 

 KaO^ avrd ra<; &ia(f>opa<; e%et pi^ais re KOI 

 Aot? teal /cav\ots KOL rat9 a\Xat9 fjiopfyals. 

 jap piwv, wa-jrep eiprjrai Trporepov, al ^ev \TTV- 

 picoSeis al Be (rapKwbeis, /cal al [lev 6%ovo-ai 

 <f>\oibv al S' afy'Xoiot,, ert, Be al fjuev a-Tpoyyv\ai 

 al B Trpo/AiJKeis teal al fj,ev eSw^/iot al 8* aftpwroi,. 

 eStoSifJLOi fjiev yap ov povov fioXfiol /cal ra opoia 

 TOuro/9, a\\a /cal j] rov acr^oBe\ov pi^a /cal 7} 

 T^9 <T/c/XX779, 7r\r]V ov Trdcrrjs d\\a T?)9 'ETTiyLtev^- 

 Beiov /ca\ov/j,evr]<;, rj CLTTO rrjs xptfa-ecos e; rrjv 

 Trpo&ijyopLav' avr'rj Be (TT6VO<pv\\OTpa re /cal 

 \eiorepa rwv \oirrwv ecmv. 



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 </)vX\a rrpoaQety'rjOevra ev o^et /cat, earw rjBeid 

 re /cal rrpbs ra prfy/jiara dyadt], rrpbs Be rr)V 

 av%Y)(jiv avrrjs, orav drro$v~\\ia-a>(nv, e%ei Be 

 fieya atyoBpa rb $v\\ov, dvopv%avre<$ arpefyovarLV, 

 OTTft)9 av f&) Bia/SXacrrdvy d\\d rrdcrav eX/crj rrjv 

 rpotyrjv et9 eavrrjv, o /cal errl rwv /9oX/3w^ rives 



1 cf. 7. 11. 2 ad fin. 2 Plin. 19. 93 and 94. 



3 nopQcus : cf. 8. 4. 2. 4 7. 9. 4. 



5 The legends about Epimenides suggest that the ' use ' 

 was possibly in magic : cf. what is said of <r/a'AAa 7. 13. 4. 

 cf. Plin. I.e. 



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