THEOPHRASTUS 



/caOdirep ev rots BevBpi/cois TKTLV avarca\iv, olov 

 dfj,v<yBa\f) /capvw J3a\dvw TO?? TOIOVTOIS. ev 

 arracn Be 17 pi fa (M/cpa) rrporepov e/c<f>verai rov 

 /cav\ov- (TVfjb^aivei, Be ev ye ncri rwv BevBpayv 

 Mare rov /tei> (B\aaTov ev avrq> rq> o-irepfMari, 

 PXaa-rdveiv Trpwrov, avgavo/mevov Be Biia-rao-Oai 

 TOL (nrep/jLara Trdvra yap TTW? teal ravra Bipeprj, 

 ra Be Brj ^eBpOTra fyavep&s Trdvra BiQvpa KOI 

 avvOera rrjv Be pi^av evOvs e%w irpowOela-dai,' 

 ev Be Tofc aiT'rjpOLS Bt,a TO Ka6* ev avra elvai 

 TOVTO }iev ov av^aivei, irpOTepel Be rj pi^a 



fJLLKpOV. 



3 ' Avatyverat, Be rj nev /cpidr) /cal 6 irvpos /JLOVO- 

 <f>v\\a, o Be TTHTOS /cal 6 tcvajjios /cal 6 epe/BivQos 

 . pl^av Be %i ra jjiev ^eBpoTra Trdvra 

 /cal fiiav dirb Be ravrr]? /cal d7ro(f)V(Tei<; 

 (3a6vppi%oTarov Be &>? elirelv TOVTWV 

 o epeftivOos, evLoTe Be /cal Trapa/caOirja-iv aXX' 

 o TTU^O? KOI rj /cpiQr) /cal ra a\\a ra (rirwBr) 

 7ro\vppi%a /cal \e7rr6ppia, Bi o /cal rappcoBij. 

 /cal 7ro\v/c\aBa /cal 7ro\v/cav\a Trdvra ra rotavra. 

 (T^eBov Be ical evavriwa-ls Tt? e/carepwv ea-ri' ra 

 fjiev yap ^eBpOTra fjiovoppi^a ovra TroXXa? avwOev 

 OLTTO rwv /cav\a)V drrofyva-eis e^ei 7T\r)v /cvdfjiov 

 ra Be (Tirrjpa rro\vppi%a vroXXoi;? /JLCV CLVVY]GI 



1 &a\dvcp : SioffpaXdvcp Sch. from niBod. 



2 riff i T>V SeVSpwv conj. W. ; ffiT&Staii' UMAld. ; 



conj. Sch. This and W.'s other conjectures in this section 

 are rather desperate, but are accepted provisionally as at 

 least restoring a satisfactory sense. The passage looks as if 

 it had been deliberately tampered with by someone who 

 misunderstood it. 



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