THEOPHRASTUS 



rpiwv r)/j,epwv. teal OTrco/ja? jBoppdOev darpajral 

 vBantcbv arj^elov. 



'H Eu/3ota 07 av Biafaa-Of) fleet], vBatp Bid 

 Ta^eajv. /cal edv ejrl TO T\.I^\LOV ve(f>e\t] 

 oOev av Trpocri^r), evrevOev vBwp r) avejJLOv 

 orav Ipis <yevr)rai, 67rio">]/jiaivei,' edv re TroXXai 

 <yeva)VTai,, o-rjjjiaivei vBcop eVt TTO\V. d\\d 

 teal ol ofet? tf\ioi, orav etc 

 ev KOI\W ^wpiu* edv TU cod e 

 e/c r^? fjLVp/jir)Kid<> eTrl TO v^rj\bv %wpiov, v&wp 

 <Ti)[jbaivov(nv, edv Be Kara(f)ep(i)<riv, evSiav. edv 

 7raprf\ioi Svo yevwvrai fcal 6 /J,ev voro6ev 6 Be 

 ftoppdOev, KOI aXo)? a/xa vScop Bid ra^ewv 

 vovo-i. teal a\o)9 at fjuekaivai vBariKov /cat 

 \ov al Bei\r)$. 



23 'El/ TO) ^.apKlVW BvO ttO"T6/36? i(TiV, 01 KCL\OV- 



fjievoi "Ovoi, MV TO fjLeragv TO ve$e\iov 77 Qdrvrj 

 Ka\ovfjievr). rovro edv ^otyayBes yevrjrai, vBaritcov. 

 edv fir) eVl Kvvl 1/0-77 17 eirl 'ApfcrovpM, w? eVl 

 TO TroXu 7T/J09 la^jjiepiav vBwp TJ dvep,os. real TO 

 Br)/ji6(Tiov TO irepl T9 /J-Via^ Xeyo/juevov d\r)0es' 

 orav ydp Bd/cvcocrt (rcfroBpa, vBaros crrj^etov. 

 arrives (frfleyyoiLLevos ecoOev /JLCV vBayp (T^^aivei 

 T) %eifji(*)va, oWX?;? ^e vBcop. 



24 TT)? Be VVKTOS orav rbv "T/jiijrTov KarwOev rwv 

 aKpwv ve(j)e\rj Bia^axrrj XCUA^ KOI /jLa/cpd, vBcop 



a>9 TO. TroXXa f^erpicov rj/Aepwv. /cal edv 



1 Evidently an Attic saying, of days when only the upper 

 part of the Euboean mountains was visible. 



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