THEOPHRASTUS 



dWcov eKelvai' irX'qv oaa jjlovov airo a7repfxaro<; 

 (f)V€Tat,, KaOdirep iXdrr) irevKr] ttItv^. oaa Be e^et 

 (TTTepfia Kol KapiTov, Kav axro pL^r]<; yivTjTai, koI 

 diro rovTCdv iirel koL rd Sokovvtu aKapira elvai 

 yepvdv (pacriv, dlov TrreXeav Ireav. a-rj/xelov 8e 

 Xiyovaiv ov jxovov ore (pverai iroW'd rcov pc^cov 

 diT'qprriixeva KaO^ ovf hv rj roirov;, dWd Kol rd 

 (Tvpu^aivovja 6ecopovvTe<i, olov iv ^eveo) rr}<; 

 ^KpKahia<i, C09 i^eppdyrj ro avvad potcrdev v8(op iv 

 Tft) irehiw ^pa-xOevTwv rwv ^epeOputv oirov piev 

 6771/9 rjaav Iriai TrecpVKvcai, rov KaraTroOevro'i 

 Toirov, TO) varepcp erei p^erd tt)v dva^rjpavatv 

 evravda av0i<i dva(pvvai (paaiv Ireav ottov Se 

 TTTeXeai avOi<; TrreXea?, Kaddirep koX ottov irevKai 

 Kol eXarai Treu/ca? /cat eXara?, wairep p,tp,ovp,6V(ov 

 /cdxelvcov. 



'AXXd rrjv Ireav ra^v TrpoKaTa^dXXecv irpo 

 Tov TeX6ta)9 dSpvvai koI Trei/rat rov KapnTOV 

 hi Kol TOV Troirjrrjv ov KaK(o<; irpoa-ayopeveiv 

 avT7)v wXea-iKapTTov. 



T'^9 Se 7rTeXea<; KUKeivo crr]p,eiov v7roXap,^d- 

 vovaiv orav ydp dirb rcov Trvevp^droov 6t9 tou9 

 exop-evov'i r ottov; 6 KapTTo^ aTrevex^V' (pveaOai 

 ^aai. TTapaTrXrjcnov Be eoiKcv elvai rb crvp,^alvov 

 o Kot eVl T&v (f) pvyaviKcov koI ttolwBwv tivcov 

 eajiv ovK ixbvTcov ydp aTTepp,a (pavepov, dXXd 



^ cf. 5. 4. 6. 



^ ' Katavothra' (now called ' the devil's holes,' see Lawson, 

 cited below) ; cf. Paus. 8. 14 ; CatuU. 68. 109 ; Pint, de sera 

 numinis vindicta, 557 c ; Plin. 31. 36 ; Frazer, Pausanias and 

 other Greek Sketches, pp. 315 foil. ; Lawson, Modern Greek 

 Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion, p. 85. 



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