THEOPHRASTUS 



' TIJV Be ue\iav TT/VdW? Kal elvai irvKVop- 

 pi^ov Kal fiaOvppi^ov. 67r7roX?}s" Be Kal apKevOov 

 /col KeBpov Kal K\r)0pa<$ XeTrra? Kal OyuaXe??' 

 TI B* o^vrjv Kal <yap TOUT' eiri7ro\atoppi^ov KOL 



ovav 



e Kal Tra^eta? /cat $vcrui\,e9pov<s TrXry^et Se 

 /3a0vppia fiev ovv Kal ov 



\ ~ ^ 



Ta TOiavT ecrTiv. 



VIT. ' A-TTOKOirevros Be rov areX-e^ov^ ra 

 a\\a TTavO' 009 elireiv TrapafiXacrrdvei, 7r\r)i> eav 

 ai pi^ai TTpoiepov TV^WCTL rreTrov^Kvlai' TrevKrj 

 Be Kal eXarri TeXew? GK pi^wv avroerels avalvovrai 

 Kal eav TO aKpov eTriKOTry. avfjiftaivei. Be iBiov 

 TL Trepl T-TJV eXaTrjv' orav jap KOTTTJ r) Ko\ova6rj 

 VTTO TTvevp,aTO<$ rj Kal aX\.ou TWOS Trepl TO \eiov 

 TOV crTeXe^ou? e^ei <yap ptypt T^O? Xeto^ Kal 

 ao^ov Kal bfJidKov iKavov '(aTu> 7r\oLov--7rept- 

 <j)VTai uiKpov, vTroBeeaTepov et? in^o?, Kal KU- 

 \ovatv ol fjtev aa(f)avj;iv ol Be a^it^vav, TW uev 

 XpoouaTi fi\av TTJ Be aK\rjpoT^TL 

 et; ov TGI/? KpaTrjpas Troiovcnv ol Trepl ' 

 2 TO Be Tra^o? o!oi> civ Tv^rj TO BevBpov, oayrrefi 

 av Icr^vpoTepoi' Kal ey^vXoTepov 77 Tra^inepov. 

 o~VfJL/3aive(, Be KaKeivo iBiov ev TavTw TOVTW Trepl 



o\lyas conj. W. ; <r</>. KOT* b\lyov UMVAld. 



2 i.e. not very fibrous. 



3 c/. Hdt. 6. 37, and the proverb -rrlrvos rp6wov 4icTpl0t<rdai. 



4 '6fj.a\ov conj. Seal. ; '6^oiov Aid. 



8 lita.v'bv 'Iffrep irAoiou COnj.W.; ^ Kal T]\lKOV irKtluv Aid.; ac 

 UH, but with TT\o7ov. 



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