THEOPHRASTUS 



repai TWV %vXwv Si b KOI ov% v7To/j,ei>ov(Ti 

 KafJiTn]v. fjLaroTepai Be al [lev al 8' ov. vfjievw- 

 Beis 8' ev p.ev rot? BevBpois ovre elalv 77 aTrdvioi, 

 ev Be rot? 0a/jLV(*)Beo-i real 6'A.&>? roi? v\i]^a<JLv 

 olov reaXd/AM re /cal vdpOrjfci real TO?? TOIOVTOLS 

 elcrLV. e%ei Se rrjv /jLtJTpai' Td pev /uL6jd\rjv real 

 (fravepdv, &)? irplvo^ Bpvs real Ta\Xa Trpoeipi]- 

 peva, ra 5' afyavea'Tepai', olov e\da irvffos' ov 

 jap eGTLV d<pa>pi(TijLin]v ovrto \a{3eiv, d\\a rcai 

 (fraGi Tives ov Kara TO fizaov d\\d Kara TO rrdv 

 eyeiv wcrre fj,7) elvai TOTTOV copLafJitvov &C o real 



/ > * *? ' f* "-V " 1 \ \ 



evia ovo av co^eiev oA,&)? e^eiv evret KOLI TOV 

 fyoivLKOs ovefjiia (f>aiveTai Siacfropd KCLT ovbtv. 



3 A/a^e'poucrt Se real rat? pi'^at?. ra fiev 'yap 

 7ro\vppi(i real fj.arep6ppta, KaOdirep avrerj Bpvs 

 TrXaTavo?' edv *yap e^waL TOTTOI', (f> QGOVOVV 

 7rpoep%ovTai. TO, 8e 6\iy6ppia, readdrrep p 

 /z7;Xea* TO, Be povoppt^a, KaOaTrep eXaTt] 

 fjLOv6ppi,a Be oi/ro)?, ori piav /j-eydXijv TIJV 

 ySa^o? e^et /Airepds Be drro TavT^ Tr\eiovs. e%ovo~i 

 Be Kal TWV uij novoppi^wv evia T^V ere TOV fjieaov 

 Heyio-Trjv real reara /Sa^ou?, cocrrrep d/j,vyBa\i}- 

 e\da Be fjiLKpav TavTrjv ra? Be aXXa? aei^ovs real 

 &)? reeKapKLVWfJLeva^. CTI Be TWV fxev Tra^elai 

 pa\\ov TWV Be dvco/jLoXeis, KaOaTrep Bdfpviys e\da<f 



4 TWV Be Trdaai \errTai, reaQdrrep d/jLTreXov. Bia- 

 <j)epovo~i Be real Xetorr^rt real Tpa^vT^Ti real TTVKVO- 



i. TrdvTwv yap al pL^ai /j^avoTepat TWV dvw, 



. . . oK : text can hardly be sound, but sense is 

 clear. 2 i.e. homogeneous. 3 Plin. 16. 127. 



4 3. 6. 4 seems to give a different account. 



5 r/. C.P. 3. 23. 5, and KapKivuS-ns C.P. 1. 12. 3 ; 3. 21. 5. 



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