THEOPHRASTUS 



St o 7ro\\a rcov 6po{3a)v TiXkerai rd /j,ev /cdrco 

 tcareppvij/coTa TO, ' dvco %\(t)pd 7rd/j,7rav. 



6 Mera Be rrjv aTrdvOqaiv dBpvvovrat. /cal re\- 

 eiovvrai, Trvpb? fJLev /cal /cpidrj reTTapa/coo-rata 

 fjbd\Lcna' TrapaTrXrjo-icos Be real Ti<f>r) KOI ra\\a 

 ra roiavra. rerrapaKoo-raiov Be (paat teal TOV 

 Kva/jLov, wcrTe ev tVat9 av9elv /cal reXeiovaOar 

 ra 8' a\\a ev e\drTOcri,v e'Xa^tVrat? Be 6 epe- 

 (3iv9os, elnrep CLTTO TT}? (rrropas ev rerrapd/copTa 

 T6\tovrai, rat? avracrat? wcrTre/) r^e? fyaaw 

 eirel TO 7* o\ov on rd^io-ra fyavepov. ol Be 

 Ke<y%poi /cal TO, o-tfaa/jLa /cal ol fjie\ii>oi /cal oXw? 

 ra depivd (T^eBbv 6fio\oyelTai rds rerrapd/covO 1 

 r)/j,epa<; \a^dveiv ol Be (pao-i /cal eXarrou?. 



7 Aia(f)pei, Be real TT/JO? rrjv Te\eLwcrw X(*>pa re 

 %co/)a? /cal dr)p depos' ev eXdrroat <ydp evtai 

 So/covo-iv e/c<f)epeiv, axnrep a\\at, re real /j^dXiara 



? AIJVTTTOS' etcei yap KpiOal fjLev ev 

 Trvpol Be ev TU> e{3B6/jLq) Oepi^ovrat' Trepl 

 Be Trjv 'EXXa&a KpiOal pev ev ru> eftBo/jLW Trapd Be 

 rot? 7r\,L(7TOL<; oyBoq), Trvpol Be en, TrpoaeTn- 

 \a/jL/3dvov(Ti,v. ov fjirjv ovBe e/cel TO 76 TTCLV 7r\7)0os 

 ouTft)?, aXX' o&ov et? d7rap%)jv Ko^i^erai yap 

 7T/309 tepcov TIVWV %peiav d\<f)iTa vea TW e/crw 

 ^vl /cal ravra e/c rwv dvco TOTTWV vrrep Me/A^iv. 



8 Aeyerai Be /cal ev ^t,/ce\ia r^9 Mea-o-yvLas ev 



1 nc\woi Ald.H.; fAvyuoi Vo.Vin. cf. 8. 1. 1 n. 

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