THEOPHRASTUS 



<yr Trpoeipyao-fjievrj /ca Koirpov e%ovo~a 

 /cal edv fjbrjBev TOVTCOV eirel /cal Trepl TO 

 viropeiv efcaara /cal o^iairopelv al %w/o<zt Bia(j>e- 

 povaiv. evioi Be /cal Trepl rrjv *Ei\\dBa TrdvTa 

 Trpwio-Tropelv eiwOacri, Bid ^fV^poTrjra r?)? 

 ol <&a)Kis, OTTO)? av ol 



II. T$\ao~Tdvei Be TO, fiev e/c TOV avTov Trjv 

 pi^av d<f>ievTa /cal TO <f)v\\ov, TCL Be e/caTepov ef 

 e/caTepov TOV d/cpov. Trvpos /jiev ovv /cal /cpiOrj 

 /cal Ti<j)rj /cal oX&>9 ocra oriTcoBr) trdvTa e'f e/caTepov 

 wcTTrep ev TO> aTa^vl 7re<f)V/cev, airo jjiev TOV KOLTW 

 TOV 7ra%eo9 Trjv pL^av diro e TOV dvco TOV /5\acr- 

 TOV ev Be Ti /cal o-vve^e^ yiveTai TO d^olv r^9 

 re pi&$ /cal TOV /cav\ov. /cva/j,o<; Be /cal TCL d\\a 

 %eBp07rd ov% ofJLoiws, aXX' e/c TOV avTov Trjv pi^av 

 /cal TOV /cav\6v, /ca0' b /cal r) 7rpoo~<j)vo~i<i 

 eo~Ti TTpbs TOV \oj36v, ev w /cal e^ovatv olov d t 

 TLva <f>avepdv CTT' evicov Be /cal alBoiwBes (paiveTat, 

 KaOdirep eVl TWV /cvd/Acov /cal T&V epeftivOwv KOI 

 ^oXicTd TWV Oep/jLCov e/c TOVTOV <ydp 77 fjiev pi^a 

 /caTO) TO Be (f)v\\ov /cal 6 Kav\bs dvco ^copec. 

 2 TavTrj fjiev ovv Trrj Biatyepei. rr} Be o/jiolcos 

 e^et TCO TfdvTd KaTa TTJV TrpocrfyvGiv TOV Xo/3oO 

 /cal TOV o~Ta%vo<; dfyikvai TTJV pi^av /cal fir] 



1 ws irpoetpy. Ald.H.; ws om. Sell, from G. 2 cf. 8. 8. 2. 

 3 caffiTfp conj. Seal. ; irdvTa Aid. (? repeated by mistake), cf. 

 C.P. 4. 7. 4. 



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