THEOPHRASTUS 



avTa TO, BevBpa, Bta^epetv real ra? e'pyacrta? OVK 



aroTrov. 



Tevrj Be TWV fyoiviKwv ecnl TrXei&r Trpayrov 

 KCU wcnrep ev peyiuTrj Biacfropa TO /J.ev K 

 TO Be arcapTTOv, et; wv ol Trepi Ba$u\a>i>a ra? re 

 teal ra\\a (TKCUTJ iroiovvrai. eireira Tw^ 

 ol JJL^V cippeves al Be drjXeiar Bia(>epov(ri, 

 Be a\\i]\cov, fca@' a 6 /uey apprjv avQo<$ Trpwrov 

 eVl TT}? crTrdQrjs, rj Be 6t')\eia Kapjrbv evOl 

 avrwv Be rwv KapTrwv Biatyopal TrXetof?- 

 ol /J.ev ryap aTrvprfvoi ol Be fjia\aK.07Tvp^voi' ra? 

 ^DOia? o/ fiev XevKol OL Be /xeXaz'e? ol Be ^a 

 TO 8' o'Xoz' OVK eXaTTO) %p(t)/jiaTa faacnv eh>ai 

 crvfcwv ovB* avrXw? ra ryevr)- Biacfiepeiv Be KCU /cara 

 TO, /jieyeflr) KCU /cara ra cr^j^aara- KCLI <yap afyai- 

 poeiBel? eviovs weavel /zr}A,a KOI TO, fieyeOrj Tr)\i- 

 KOVTOVS a>9 rerra/oa? 6i? Tov Tcr\yvv elvai, [eVra 

 KOI evTToBovs]' aAAof? Be [JLiKpovs r)\iKov<$ epe- 

 KOI rot? ^fXot? Be TTO\V Bia^epovTas. 



TOV Be KOL T(t)l> \eVKWV KCU TWV fJ,e\dv(t)V 



TO [3a(TL\iKov Ka\ov/jLevov 76^0? ev eKarepw KCLI 

 fj.eye@ei teal dpeTrj' o~7rdvia B* elvai ravTa \eyovai,' 

 a^eBov yap ev fJLovfp TW Baywou fCijTrm TOV 

 iraXaiov irepl Ba^fXwi/a. ev KvTrpy Be 'IBiov TI 

 yevos (f)oiviKcov e(TT\v o ov TreiTaivei TOV Kapirov, 

 dXX' w/zo? wv ?;8u9 o~<f)6Bpa KCU y\VKvs eo~Ti' Ti]i' 

 Be y\vKi>Tr)Ta IBiav e%ei. evioi 8' ov (JLOVOV Bia- 



1 Plin. 13. 39. 



3 irpurov conj. Sch.; irpuros UMVAld. 



3 irr\X vv conj. R. Const, from Plin. 13. 45. and O, c/. Diod. 

 2. 53; araxw UMVAld. 



4 eirra na\ euirdSous UMV: the words perhaps conceal a 



I 3 8 



