THEOPHRASTUS 



<f>r)(ri, TO, Trepl A.iyv7TTOv e/ceWev yap TTJV ' 



(f>rjcrl \afteiv " eo~0\a TO, ol Ho\vBa/jiva iropev 



dpovpa (f)dp/jia/ca, TroXXa [j,ev eo~0\d 

 TroXXa Be \vypd." wv Srj KOI TO 



VY)TTev6e<$ KiVO ^(TLV elvdi /COL a%0\OV, WCTT6 



\t]6r)v TToielv fcal airdOeiav rwv KCLKWV. KOI 

 avrai /J,ev eoiicaa-iv cocnrep VTTO TWV Troirj- 

 teal yap Atcr^uXo? ev rat? 

 appaKQV \eyei rrjv Tvpprjvuav 

 " Tvpprjvov yevedv, <pap/jiaKO7roibv Wvos" 

 2 Ot Be TOTTOI Travres TTO)? fyaivovrai fjiere^eiv 

 TWV (^apfJLaKwv, d\\a [TW /uaXXov KOI rjrrov Sia- 

 (j)6piv /col yap ol TTyoo? apKTOv KOL fAecnj/Jiftpiav 

 KOL ol 7T/309 dvaroXa? e^ovcrt, Oavj^ao-ra^ 8vvdfj,eis. 

 ev KiOioTTiq yap 17 rou? oiarovs %piovai pi^a Tt9 

 <TTI 0avaT7](f)6po^. ev Se ^/cvOaw avrrj re KOI 

 erepai TrXeiov ?, al pev irapaxprjfjLa diraXXdrrovo-ai, 

 TOU? TrpoaeveyKafjievovs, al 8' ev ypovois al fjuev 

 e\drTO(nv al 8' ev TrXeioaiv, UHTT eviovs /cara- 

 (f)@iveiv. ev 'IVSoi? Se /cal erepa yevrj Tr\elw, 

 8e, eiirep a\rj6ri Xeyovcriv, r] re Svva- 

 TO aljjia Sia^etv KOI olov virofpevyeiv, /cal 

 avvdyovaa fcal TT/OO? eavTrjv eiTLo-TTw^evi-], 

 a Sij (pa&iv ei>prj(T0aL TT/OO? ra TWV o<f>ioiwv TWV 



3 Hepl &e TTJV pd/c^v elvai fjiev /cal ere/oa? OVK 

 0X^70,9, la-^vpOTaTrjv Be &>9 eiTrelv Trjv io"%ai,/jLov, 

 rjv Brj \eyov(7t,v ol /j,e 



1 Od. 4. 221 foil. 



2 S>i> 8)j conj. Sch. ; wl $y U*; eV ols 87; PAld. 



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