THEOPHRASTUS 



aTTO/creivet, TOV cr/copTriov edv Be Tt9 e\- 

 \e/3opov \ev/cbv /car air aery, rrd\iv dvlvTavOal 

 dir6\\vori, Be KOI flovs real 7rp6{3ara /cal 

 /cal aTrXw? TTCLV rerpaTrovv eav et9 TO, 

 alBoIa reOfj rj pi^a TJ TO, <f)v\\a avOrifiepov 



Se TTyOO? (TKOpTTLOV r 7T\rj'yrjV TTlVOfJieVOV. 



Be TO fjuev (f)v\\ov ofjbouov KVK\a/jLivw rrjv Be 

 , &(77T6p e\e%0r), (TKOpTrlw. (frverai Be wcnrep 

 TI aypwcms /cal yovara e%ei' <pt,\el Be ^copia 

 (TKLtoBrj. el Be d\r)0ij TCL Trepl TOV afcopTriov vjBr} 

 /cal ra\\a, ov/c diriOava TCL roiavra. /cal ra 

 Be ov/c aXoyct)? avy/celrai. ev Be rot? 

 -fo/^aai %ft)/ot9 TWV TT/OO? vyeiav teal 

 voaov /cal OdvaTov /cal TT/OO? a\\a Bwd/Aeis e^eiv 

 ov fiovov TWV o-wfAari/ccov d\\d /cal TWV 



XIX. 11^09 Be TJ]V ^v^(r]v TOV fjiev 

 ware TrapaKivelv /cal e^Hrrdvai, /caddjrep 

 rrpoTepov, fj Be TOV ovoOijpa pi^a BoOetcra ev oivy 

 rrpaoTepov teal l\apcoTepov rroiel TO rjdos. e%i 

 Be 6 /jiev ovo9r)pas TO /JLCV (frv\\.ov O/JLOLOV d/AvyBa\f) 

 /jii/cpoTepov Be, TO Be avO'os epvOpov &<nrep poBov 

 ai)Tos Be iieyas Qd^vo^' pia Be epvOpd Kal 

 jj,eyd\ij, ofei Be avavBeLa^ wa-Trep oivov (f)i\et 

 Be opeivd %copia. fyalveTai Be ov TOVTO UTOTTOV 

 olov yap 7rpocr(j)opd r^9 yiveTai Bvvajuiv 

 olvcoBr). 



1 ffKopiricp conj. W. ; aKopiriov Aid. 



2 18. 3, \tyu 5e ffupanicuv ... 18. 11 (the account of the 

 phj'sical effects) is here omitted. 



3 9. 11. 6. 



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