THEOPHRASTUS 



ov (fyvovcriv olov klttov koI iXdav ou (f>aai,v elvat 

 T?}? 'Acria? ev rot<; ava> t^9 Sfpi'a? airo da\dTTr]<; 

 irevO^ rjiiepoiv aX>C ev ^Ivhol^ (pavijvai klttov 

 iv T(p 6 pet TO) M.rjpo) Ka\ov/x6vo), odev Sr) kuI top 

 Aiovvaov elvat, fxvOoXoyovcrc. 8t o koI ^AXe^av- 

 hpo<; a.7r' i^oBiWi XeyeTat aTrtcov eaTe<^av(i) ixevo^ 

 KiTTU) elvai Kol avTO<; /cat rj crTpaTid' tcov 8e 

 dWcov ev MrjSla fiovov irepiKXetecv yap avTi] 

 BoKet Kal avvaTTTeiv rra>^ t& Uovto). KaiToi ye 

 Bie(j)c\oTip.i]Or) "Ay07r<xXo9 iv rot? TrapaBelaoL'i rot? 

 nrepl ^a/3v\cbva (f)UT€va>v TroXXa/ci? Kal irpay- 

 pLaTev6ixevo<i, a)OC ovSev eVotet irXeov ov yap 

 eBvvaTo ^rjv coairep ToXka to, e« t^? 'EXXaSo?. 

 TOVTO p,ev ovv ov Be')(eTai rj %<w/3a Bia ttjv tov 

 uepo'i Kpacnv dvayKaia><i Be Be-^^eTat, Kal irv^ov 

 Kal (piXvpav Kal yap irepl TavTa irovoixriv ol ev 

 Tol<i irapaBeicroi^. eTepa Be cBta cfjepei Kal BevBpa 

 2 Kal v\i]fxaTa- Kal eoiKev o\a><; 6 totto? o 7rpc<; 

 dvaTo\a<i Kal fiecnjfx^pLav wa-nep Kal ^coa Kal 

 (pvTa <f)epeiv iBia irapa tov<; aX\.ov<;' olov ij re 

 MrjBia %&)/?a Kal UepaU aXka re e%et TrXeiw Kal 

 TO pbTjXov TO M^TjBiKov rj TO HepaiKov KaXov/j,evov. 

 ex^i' Be TO BevBpov tovto (pvXXov fiev Ofioiov Kal 

 (T'^eBov laov tw t^9 dvBpd'^^Xrj^, dKdv6a<i Be oXa<i 

 airio^i rj 6^vdKavdo<i, Xeta? Be Kal ofeta9 cr^oBpa 

 Kal lax^pd<i' to Be p^rjXov ovk eaOieTai p,ev, 



1 4\dau conj. Spr.; e'Actrrj^ MSS. cf. Hdt. 1. 193; Xen. 

 Anab. 4. 4. 13 ; Arr. Ind. 40. 



2 Kirrhv conj. W., cf. Arr. Anab. 5. 1.6; /cai t))v UMV; 

 Kal T^i Ald.H. ^ \eyf rat add. W. 



^ *'|oSfos UMVP; 'luSlas W. with Ald.^ 



^ KiTT^ eJvai conj. W. ; eZro fxe'ivai U; eTro fii] elj/at MVPAld, 



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