THEOPHRASTUS 



Kpacnv KOI TO ev rf) *Q\\dBi TroXXa/a? elvai 

 KKpa/jLvov evoa/jia Be o~<j)6Bpa Kal ra paffBia' 

 Kadaipeiv yap Kal T&vBe eve/ca KCLL TOV Bia<j)6pov 

 Tcco\elo-dai <yap> rifua. KOI TTJV epyaaiav Trjv 

 irepl TO, SevSpa o-^eBov ev ravrrj alria elvai /cal 

 rrjv ftpo^riv ^pe^ea^ai yap crvve^S)^. avvairiav 

 Se Sofceiv elvai TOV fir) fieyd\a yivecrOai TO, SevBpa 

 Kal T?)V T&V pa/3oio)v TOfirjv. Bia yap TO vroXXa- 

 KIS eiriKeipeaOai pdft&ovs d<j)ievai Kal OVK et? ev 

 e/CTeiveiv Trjv opfjirjv. 



"A.ypwv Be ovBev elvai /3d\<ra/iiov ovBa/jiov' yi- 

 veaOai, Be etc /*ev TOV /Ltetfoi/o? TrapaBei&ov dyyeu- 

 Bia BaBe/ca oo~ov rjfjbixoaia, eic Be TOV eTepov Bvo 

 IJLOVOV Tra)\eladai, Be TO /j,ev atcpaTOV t? TT/?O? 

 dpyvpiov TO 8' aXXo KaTa \6yov r^9 /xtfea)?* Kal 

 TOVTO jjbev Bt,a(f>epov TI fyalvzTai KaTa TTJV evocr- 

 fj,iav. 



VII. ? O Be Ka\a/jLO<i yiveTai Kal 6 a^olvos vTcep- 

 ftaXkovTi, TOV Ai/3avov /zera^v TOV re Aiffdvov 

 Kal aXXou rtz/o? oyoou? /j,iKpov ev T> avXwviaKw 

 TOVTtt), Kal ou% w? Tives <f>ao~i TOV 'AimXt/3az>oir o 

 yap 'AvTi\i/3avo$ f^cCKpav airiyzi TOV Ai{3dvov 

 Kal jjLTav TOUTCOV eorT\v ov av\S)va KO\OVO~I Tre- 

 BLov TroXu Kal Ka\6v. OTTOV Be o KaXa/jios Kal 6 

 f)VTai \ip,vr) /jLeydX.^ Tvy^dvei,, TT/OO? 

 Be ev TW e\ei TW dve^pajm/jLeva) Tr 



1 TOV I conj. ; TOV MSS. G's rendering shews that the 

 explanation of the 'different reason' (i.e. to strengthen the 

 tree) has dropped out of our texts. 2 70^ add. Sch. 



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