THEOPHRASTUS 



Kai XuKapa ^77709 apKevOo<; cr^ev^afivo^; ocrrpva 

 ^vyta fxeXia KkrjOpa 7riTv<i dvSpd'xXr} Kpaveia 

 TTu^o? dxp(i<i. Kap7ro(f)opei 8' evdv^ iXdrr] TrevKt) 

 7riTV<;, Kav otttjXikovovv /j,eje6o<; XajSwaiv. 



H he av^7)ai<i koI tj ^\d(jTr\(n<i tmv fiev dWcov 

 ara/CTO? Kara toi'9 tottov^ tmv ^Xacrrwv, Trj^ 8' 

 ekdrrjf; wpicTfievr] /cat avvexv^ kuI varepov. orav 

 ryap eK rov aT€\e')(pv<; rd irpcoTa ax^crd^, irdXiv ef 

 eKeivov rj erepa ayi(Ti-'i 'yiverai Kara rov avrov 

 rpoTTOv, Kol Tovr del irotel Kara Trdaa^; Ta.9 eVt- 

 ^\aarr)(Tei<i. ev he TOt<i dWoi<; ov5' 01 0^01 kut 

 aXXr}\ov<; TrXrjv eiri rivcov oXtycov, olov kotlvov 

 /cat dXXo)v' e^ei he /cal rrjhe hia<popdv rj av^r)cn<; 

 Koivfi irdvrwv onolo)^ •^fxepcov re koX dypicov rd 

 fxev yap koX eK rov dxpov rwv /SXaar&v kol eK 

 rS)v irXayicov (f)verai, KaOdirep dirio^ poa (tvkt] 

 fjbvppivo<; a^^hov rd irXelara' rd 8' eK rov aKpov 

 ixev ovK dvLijcTLv €K he rcov irXayloov, koI avro 

 'rrpoooO eZr ai ro virdp^ov, wairep koI to oXov are- 

 Xe%09 Kal 01 dKpefji6ve<i. avpL^aivei he rovro eVt 

 T779 HepaiKrj^; Kapva<; kol rrj^; '}ipaKXea)riKr)<; koI 

 dXXaiv. dirdvrwv he rcov roiovrcov et9 ^v (pvXXov 

 drroreXevrcaaiv ol ^Xaarot, hi o Kal evXSyco^; ovk 

 eTTi^Xaardvei Kal av^dverai pLrj e^orra dp^/jv. 

 ippoia he rpoirov rivd rj av^r]ai<; Kal rov crirov 



^ Kark . . . ^XaffTwv conj. W. ; Karh, rovs rpSirovs (corrected 

 to tSttovs) Kal 0\a(rrovs U ; MVP insert rovs before /SAoottowi. 



^ eKfivov . . . Kara conj. W. ; eKflvov r) kr4pa (rvf^eTai to tea 

 Kol UAld. 



=* SWwv : ? i\6.as W, ; I suggest &\\<av ^XaSiv. 



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