eEO<I>PA2TOY 

 HEPI OrmN ISTOPIAS 



I. T(ov (f>VTa)V TU'i Bia(f)opa<; koX rrjv aXkrjv 

 <j)va-iv XrjTTTeov Kara re ra fieprj koX ra irddr) /cal 

 ra(; y€V€crei<i Kot tov<; ySiow ■i]dr] yap koX 7rpd^€i<i 

 ovK €-)(ovai,v wairep ra ^coa. elal S' al fiev Kara 

 Trjv yevecnv Kal ra TrdOr) Kal tou9 ^iOv<i evOewprj- 

 Torepai Kal paov<i, al he Kara ra /xe'/j?; TrXeiou? 

 e-)(ovat rroLKiXia^. avro yap rovro irpoirov ov^ 

 lKav(o<; d(f)(opiaTat ra iroia Sel fieprj Kal fir] jxeprj 

 KaXelv, dW e^et Tiva diropiav. 

 2 To piev ovv fxepo<; are eK rr}^ ISia'i <^vcreo)<; ov del 

 BoKel Siafieveiv rj aTrXw? •;7 orav yevrjrai, KaOdrrep 

 iv rot<i ^(ooi<i ra varepov yevrjaop^eva, irXrjv ei ri 



^ TO, ins. Sch., om. Ald.H. 



^ irddr], a more general word than Swdfifis, 'virtues': 

 cf. 1. 5. 4 ; 8. 4. 2 ; it seems to mean here something like 

 ' behaviour,' in relation to environment. Instances of wdOri 

 are given 4. 2. 11 ; 4. 14. 6. 



3 fXovffi conj. H.; €x<"'<'^«' W. with Aid. 



