THEOPHRASTUS 



fie.<yedo<i co? heKa inj'^eL';, ko/xtjv ej^ovra'i a')(^pelov 

 aaOevTj Kapirov he o\w<i ovheva' tovtov<; 8' dvaSt- 

 SaxTi Kara ttoWo, p^epr}. 'x^pcovrai Be Tat9 p-ev 

 pi^ai<i avrl ^vXcov ov povov rut Kaeiv aXXa koL tm 

 (TKevrj aWa iroieiv e^ avrcov TTavTohaird' iroXv 

 <ydp e'X^ei to ^v\ov kuI koKov. avro<i he 6 ird- 

 TTvpof irpot TrXeiara 'X^prjcnp,o^' /cat yap irXoia 

 TTOiovcTCv i^ avrov, koI Ik tt]^ ^i^Xov Icnia re 

 TrkeKOvai koI ylriddov^ ical iadijrd Tiva koX 

 (TTp(opvd<i Kol (Txoivia re kol erepa irXeLO). /cat 

 epc^avearara Sr] rot<; e^w rd ^L^XLa' pdXicna he 

 Koi TrXeiarrj ^orjdeta 7rp6<; tt}v Tpo(j>rjv dir avrov 

 'yiverat. p,aacovrac <ydp diravre<i ol ev rfj %ftj/3a 

 rov nrdTTvpov koi wpbov Kal e(f)06v kol OTrrov Koi 

 rov pev 'XvXov KaraTTivovat,, rb he pdar}p,a eK^dX- 

 Xovaiv. 6 pev ovv rrd'irvpo'i roiovr6<; re Kal rav- 

 ra<; irape^erai rd<i 'y^pela';. jiverai he Kal ev 

 Xvpia irepl rrjv Xip,vr)v ev ^ Kol 6 KdXap,o<i 6 

 ev(t)hrj<;' odev Kal ^Avr(,<yovo<i et<f ra? vav<; eTrocetro 

 rd a)(^OLVia. 



To he crdpt (f}veraL p,ev ev rG) vhart irepl rd eXrj 

 Kal rd TTehia, erreihdv 6 7rorapo<i direXdrj, pl^av he 

 €')(ei aKXrjpdv Kal crvvearpapLpbevriv, Kal e^ avri)^ 

 (pverai rd aapca KaXovpueva' ravra he p7]K0<; p,ev 

 d)<i hvo 7r7;%et9, 'Trd')(o^ he rjXLKOv 6 hdKrvXo^ 6 

 peya'i t^§ -y^eipo^;' rpiyoovov he Kal rovro, Kaddirep 

 6 irdTTvpo^y Kal Kop^rjv e^ov TvapairXricnov. pui- 

 (TcopievoL he eK^dXXovai Kal rovro rb pdarip,a, rfj 

 pC^rj he ol aihr^povpyol ^/owi^raf rbv ydp dvdpaKa 

 rroiel 'X^pr^arbv hid rb cxKXrjpbv elvai rb ^vXov. 



To he p,vdaiov 7roi6t)he<i earcv, war ovZepiav 

 irape'X^erat %/3etai' 7rXr}V rrjv et? rpo(f)'r]v. 



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