THEOPHRASTUS 



<f)veTai irdvra'i, diro Be t5>v Trpifivcov koX rwv 

 ^vKjcov ov (f>v€Tar firjXia Be kuI dino^ koX diro 

 Tcov uKpefMovcov (TTTaviwi. ov fxrjv dXkd rd ye 

 TToWd rj TrdvO^ ft)9 elirelv ivBix^aOat BokcI koX 

 diTo TOVTWV, edv Xeloi koX veoi kuI evav^el<i wcnv. 

 dWd (f)va-LK(i)T€pai iro)^ eKelvai' to Be ivBexo/J'evov 

 a)<? Bvvarov XrjTrreov. 



"OXw^ yap oXiya to, diro tmv dv(o fidXXov 

 ^Xaa-rdvovTa Kol yevvcofieva, Kaddirep dpureXo'^ 

 diTO ra)v KXrjfidrcov avrrj yap ovk dirb t^? 

 irpfopa^ dXX^ aTTO tov KXi]/jbaTO<; (pverac, kuI el Brj 

 ri TOiovTov erepov rj BevBpov r) (f)pvyavct)Se<;, oicnrep 

 Bofcei TO re TTi^yavov Koi r) Icovia kuI to aiavfi- 

 ^piov Kal 6 ep7rvXXo<; Kal to eXeviov. KOivoTdTrj 

 jxev ovv €(ttI irdcnv rf re diro Trj<i TrapacnrdBa kui 

 dTTO aireppbaTO'^. diravra yap oaa e')(eL cnrepfiaTa 

 Kal diro airepfiaTd yiveTac diro Be TrapaairdBo'i 

 Kal TTjv Bd<pVT]v (fiacTiv, edv Ti? Ta epvr} TrapeXtov 

 (fyvTeva-ij. Bel Be vTroppL^ov elvai fidXia-Ta ye to 

 TrapacrTrdo/jLevov rj viroirpepivov. ov firjv dXXd Kac 

 dvev TOVTov deXet ^Xaardveiv Kal poa Kal fxrjXea 

 iapivrj' ^Xa(TTdvet Be Kal d/jivyBaXrj (pVTevopevrj. 

 Kara TrXeiarov^ Be Tpoirovi 609 elirelv rj eXda 

 ^Xaa-Tdver Kal yap dirb tov crTeXe^oi"? Kai airo 

 TOV Trpe/jbvov KaTaKOTVTop.evov Kal diro ttj'? pi^ri<i 

 [Kal drro tov ^vXov] Kal dwb pd^Bov Kal xdpaKO<; 

 coairep e'iprjTai,. twv S' dXXcov o /xvppivo'i' kul 

 yap o5to9 diro twv ^vXcov Kal twv Trpe/iivcov 



^ TO. ye noWa iravB' conj. Sch.; f/ before vdvO' ins. St.; to. 

 re iroWa irdve'' Aid. 



' ehav^tts conj. H ; av^tis UMVAld. 

 ^ OVK I conj. ; ovd' MSS. 



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