THEOPHRASTUS 



/cal To?9 irdOeGi. TWV /mev icpiOwv al fiev elat, 

 BifTTOi%Oi al Be rpia-roL^oL al Be rerpdaToi^oi 



KOI TTCVrdo-TOlX 01 ' trXiO"TW S' e%d(TTOi'%OV, KOI 



yap TOIOVTO TI yevo? eari. Trv/cvoTepai, Be del 

 /card TTJV Oecnv 009 eVl TTCLV al 

 Bia(f)opd Be fjiyd\rj /cal TO 

 elvai, KaOdirep eiTTOfiev rrjv 'IvBitcrfv. teal ol 

 Be TWV pev fJLeyd\oi /cal pavoTepoi ral<; 

 TWV Be eA-arrof? KOL Trv/cvorepoi, /cal 

 Be TOV (f)vX\ov TMV jJiev irdXv TWI> Be 

 fjii/cpov, wa-irep rwv ' A%i\\eict)V /ca\ovfj,evcov. /cal 

 avrwv Be TWV /cpiOwv al fjuev (7rpojju\6repai /cal 

 eXarrof? al Be irpo/juj/cearepai, /cal /Wbi/9 /cal 

 fjuavorepai, /card TOV dTd^yv. en Be al /JLCV \ev- 

 Kdiy al Be fji6\aivai KOI e'jrnropfyvpi^ova'ai, a^irep 

 fcal 7ro\vd\<f)LTOi, Bo/covaiv elvai /cal irpbs TOL? 

 %6iyu.coi/a? Be /cal rd Trvev^ara /cal oXft>? TOV depa 

 TWV \evfcwv la"%vpoTepai. 



IloXXa Be yevTj fcal TWV Trvpwv ecrriv evOvs 

 dnro TMV %copwv e%ovTa ra? eTrwvv/jiias, olov 

 Ai/Bv/col HovTitcol pa/ces 'Acrcrvpioi ALJUTTTIOI 

 i. Bia<f)opd<$ Be /cal rat? ^poials /cal rofr 

 n /cal rot? eiBeat /cal ra?9 IBiorrjo-iv 

 /cal ev rat? Bvvd/j,ecri, ra?9 re aXXa9 /cal 

 fjid\i<TTa rat9 Trpbs TYJV O-ITTJCTLV. Tives /cal CLTC 



1 Explained below, 8. 4. 4 ; cf. 8. 4. 3. 



2 7rc{06<n : cf. 1. 1. 1 n. 3 Plin. 18. 78. 



4 irXflarov 8' e^dffToixov, /col 70^ TOIOVTO conj. W.; irXflffTov 

 f^da-Toixof TOLOVTOV UM ; irXfiffrai /col f^dffTixoi' /cat yap TOI- 

 OVTOV Ald.H. 



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