THEOPHRASTUS 



Be et9 rbv ovpavbv dva/cvrrrcov oo-^paivrjrai,, vBcop 



16 K.opct)vrj eVfc Trerpas itopvffffop&vr) T)V icv/ma 

 /cara/c\v^ei vBwp o-rj/jiaivei' KOI /coXfyit/3aiera TroX- 

 Xa/a9 /cal TrepiTrerojuLevrj vBwp ari^alvei. /copa% 

 7roXXa9 jJieraftdXkeiv elwQw (fcwvds, TOVTCOV eav 

 Ta%v Sis (^Oey^rjrai, /cal &irtppoi%ij<Tr] KOI fivafg 

 ra irrepa, vScop arj/jLaivei. real eav verwv ovrwv 

 TroXXa? fjLerapdXXr) (fxovas /cal eav $0ipCijTCU 

 eV e'Xata?. /cal edv re euS/a? edv re vSaros 



rfj (fxovfj olov o-Ta\ayfJ,ov<;, vSwp 

 edv re /copa/ces edv re /coXotol avco 

 Trerwvrai /cal Lepa/ci^cocriv, vBwp (j^alvovai. /cal 

 edv Kopa% ev$ia$ /j,rj rrjv elwOvlav fywvrjv ly teal 

 eTTippoiftSf], vS(op o-y/jLaivei. 



17 'Eav tepa eVt BevSpov /caOe^o/jievos /cal ei'crw 

 eiGTrero/jievos (frOeipifyrai, v$a)p (TTj/jiaivei. /cal 

 Oepovs orav TroXXol dOpooi <f>avw(Tiv opviQes 01 

 Piorevov&iv ev vtj(T(p, vScop atj/jiaivovo-iv edv $e 

 /jierpioi, dyaObv al%l /cal ftorofc, edv Be TroXXot 

 v7Tpl3o\ij, av%/j,bv lo-^vpov. oXa>9 ^e opviOes /cal 

 d\etcrpv6ve<; <^9eipi^ofjievoi vBarircbv o-rj^eiov, /cal 

 orav /jLi/jiwvrai vBcop a>9 vov. 



18 Kat rj vrjrra ijfjiepos <edv> vmovaa vrrb rd 

 yelaa dTrorrrepvyi^rjrat,, vBwp arj^aivei, O/JLOLOX; Be 

 /cal /co\OLol /cal d\e/crpv6ves, edv re ejrl \i/jivrj rj 

 0a\drry aTTOTrrepvyifavrai, ft>9 vfjrra vBcop <rij- 



1 Plin. 18. 364; Verg. Georg. 1. 375. 



2 eirippoitfffr). Sc. with his wings probably ; not, as LS. 

 'croaks.' Plin. (18. 362) seems to have had a fuller text, or 

 to have drawn alsp on some other authority. 



3 VZTWV oj'Twv can hardly mean ' while it is raining.' 



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