THEOPHRASTUS 



vd^ovaiv ovB' ev TO?? KarajSopeiois Kal \e7TTO- 

 yeiois, olov eVt ^a\vKco rr}? MeyapuBos' ovBe TT}? 

 K.opiv0ias ev Ticri ToVot?. u>cravTW<$ Be KOI 77 

 TWV TrvevfiaTcov Kard(TTacri$' fiopeiois jap /JLO\.\OV 

 77 VOTLOIS aTroftaXkovcri, KCLV -^rv^poTepa KCU 

 7r\eiw yev^Tai jja\\ov en 8' avrcov TWV SevSpwv 

 77 <u<j?' ra Trpcola yap dTroftaXX-ei, TO, 8' otyia 

 OVK K/3d\\ei, KaOdirep rj A.afco)VLKr) KOLI at, d\\ai. 

 81 o KOI OVK epivd^ovai ravras. ravra 



ovv ev re rot? roTroi? KOI rot? yevecri, real r 

 rov depos 



2 Ot Be "fyiives e/cSvovrai fiev etc rov epiveov, 

 KaOdirep eLpi^rai' yivovrai 8' e/c rwv Key^pa/uLiSfDV. 

 arifjielov Be \eyovGiv, on, 7reiBdv etcBvcoaiv OVK 

 evetai Key^pa^LBe^. e/cBvovrat, Be ol 7ro\\ol 

 eyKaToXiTrovTes rj TroBa rj Trrepov. 761/09 Be n 

 Kal erepov ecrn rwv tyrjv&v, o /ca\ovcri Kevrpivas' 

 ovroi B* dpyol fcaOaTrep Krjfyrjves' /cal TOU? elcrBvo- 

 /xe^oi'9 TCOV erepwv KreivovGiv avrol Be evcnro- 

 Qvr}<TKovGiv. liraLvova-L Be fidXicrra TCOV epivwv 

 ra fji\ava ra e/c TWV TrerpwBcov ^wpicav TroXXa? 



3 yap e^ei ravra Key^pa^lBa^. yiyvwa-Kerai Be 

 TO epivaa^evov TW epvOpov elvai fcal TroiKiXov Kal 

 la^vpov TO 8* dvepiva&Tov \evKov Kal dcrO eves' 

 rrpocrTideao'i, Be rot9 Beofjiei'ois OTav vo~y. OTTOV 

 Be TrXetcrro? KOViopTos, evTavOa TrXetcrra 



1 c/. 8. 2. 11. 



2 \l/vxp6rfpa. Kal w\clu conj. Sch.; TfX VOT *P a KC ^ TA/a>v MV 

 Aid. ; rexooTtpa Kal ir\fica U. 



* irpwta conj. Sch. from G ; irpwra Ald.H. 

 4 Plin. 17. 255 and 256. 



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