THEOPHRASTUS 



o yap dvOepiKO? /jLeyiGTOS' 6 Be rfjs ipi&os 

 e\drTO)v fjLev GtcKr) poT epos Be TO Be o\ov dvdepi- 

 K(0Bi]s. <TTL Be teal Trd\vKapTros 6 acr^>o8eXo?, fcal 

 6 KapTTos avTov uXcoS^? Trj pev popfyfi Tpiywvos 

 T&> Be Xpco/LiaTi, fjbe\as' yiveTai Be ev TW (TTpoy- 

 yv\(p TW vTro/caTO) TOV av6ov<$, eKiriTTTei Be TOV 

 3 Oepovs, OTav TOVTO Bia^dvrj. TTJV avOrjcnv 



Be TTpWTOV CLTTO T&v KCLTwOev. ev Be TO) a 

 GVvio-TaTai (TK(t)\r)%, 09 et9 a\\o /j,Ta/3d\\ei 

 dvQprjvoeiBes, el& orav 6 dvdepitcos avavOf) Biecr- 

 diov efCTreTdTai. 8o/ceT Be iBiov e^eiv Trpos TCL 

 a\\a TO, \eioKav\a, SIOTI crTevos cov 



^~o\\d Be et9 

 /cal yap 6 av9epiKo<$ 

 6ev6/jivos Kal TO crrrepfjia (ppvyo/^evov Kal 

 Be [Jbd\io~Ta TI pi^a KOTTTOjJbewr) //-era CTVKOV Kal 

 TrXeicrTrjv ovrjcriv %ei Ka@* f H<rtoSov. 

 4 "ArravTa /AW ovv <J3i\6a)a ra K(f>a\6ppi^a 

 /jidXiGTa B' r) cr/aAAa' Kal ydp Kpe/navvvjubevy %fj 

 Kal rrXeiaTov ye ^povov Bia/j,evei' BvvaTai Be Kal 

 Ta ffrjo-avpL^ofjieva a-oo^etv, warrep TTJV poav e/mTrrjy- 

 vvjjbevov TOV /jLia^ov, Kal TWV (frvTevo/mevuv 8' evia 

 ySXaerra^et OCLTTOV ev avTrj' \eyeTai Be Kal rrpb 

 TWV Ovpwv r?^9 elo-oBov <$VTevOelo~av d\ej;rjTrjpiov 

 elvai T7J9 eTrKfrepo/jLevrjS Br)\tf crews. rrdvTa Be 

 TavTa dOpoa fyveTai, KaOdjrep Kal TO, KpbfJiva 

 Kal TO, crKopoBa' Trapa[S\a<TTdvov<Ti, yap CLTTO Trjs 



1 e7ri7rTi conj. W.; fKir'urTwv Aid. 



2 &v6i)(nv conj. Seal.; tivavviv corr. to a&avffiv U; &va.vaiv M ; 

 atiavaiv Aid. ; floret ver paries G. 



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