THEOPHRASTUS 



rwv A.lo\ea)V rives, ovBe 7T/oo? TO, lepa %pwvrai 

 rot? v\ois. Kara p,ev ovv ra ^v\a real ra9 

 o\a? /jiopcfras ev rovrois at Biacfropai. 



tf K?7/aSa9 Be rrdvra (frepei, ra yevr], /JLOVTI Be e/9 

 ra Bep/jLara ^prjai/nrjv rj rj/jiepis. rj Be r?}? alyi- 

 teal rr}<? 7r\arv(j)vX\ov rfj fjiev o-v/ret irapo- 

 rfj rfjs rj/jtepiBos, rr\rjv \eiorepa, a^pelos Be. 

 KOI rrfv erepav rrjv p,i\aivav y ra epia 

 o Be Ka\ovai Tii/e? fydcrKov OJJLOIOV 

 rot? pa/ctot? T) alryiKw^ jjiovrf <$>epei iro\iov KOI 

 rpa%v' fcal yap Trrj^vaiov KaraKpep,dvvvrai, 

 icaOdrrep rpv%o<; nOoviov fiaicpov. (pverai Be 

 rovro etc rov <f)\oiov tcai OVK etc T^? /copvvrjs 

 06 cv 77 /3aXa^o?, ovB* e o<f)0a\/j,ov aXX' ex rov 

 7T\ayiov rwv avu>6ev o^wv. T) 8' aXt^Xoio? erri- 

 /j,\av rovro (pvei Kal (3pa%v. 



1 Ot fj,ev ovv e/c TT}? "18^? OI/TO)? Biaipovo-iv. ol 

 Be Trepl Ma/ce8o^ia^ rerrapa yevrj TTOIOVCTIV, 

 ervfjioBpvv f) ra? 7\u/teta?, rr\arv(^v\\ov rj ra? 

 micpds, <f>r)ybv fj ra? crrpoyyvXas, aa-rrpiv ravrrjv 

 Be ol fJiev aKaprrov oXco? ol Be (>av\ov rov tcaprrov, 

 w<7T fjiiiBev ecrOieiv ^wov 7T\r)v to?, Kal ravrrjv 

 orav erepav fjirj )($' fcal ra 7ro\\a \a[jifBdvecr6ai 

 7repiK(f)a\aia. ^o^Oripa Be Kal ra %v\a' rre\e- 



1 Plin. 16. 26. 



* tyaffKOv . . . paitiots conj. Sch. ({>ai<lois Salm. ) : <f>d(TKos $/JLOIOS 

 TO?? ftpaxfiois UP 2 ; <f>dffKoi> 6/xotuis rois &pay\iois Ald.H. Plin 

 16. 33, c/. 12. 108 ; Diosc. 1. 20; Hesych. t.v. Qdvieos. 



* rpaxv conj. W.; fipaxv UP. * Kopvvns. cj. 3. 5. 1. 



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