THEOPHRASTUS 



/Jiev 6'A,o)9 d^pela' KaTap/jyvvrai yap teal 

 a7T\Krjra Be fteXria), St' o teal OVTW 

 jJLoj^Oiipd Be Kal e/9 Kavcrtv KOL els 

 avOpaKeiav d^pelos 'yap oXw? o avOpa^ Bid rb 

 TnjBdv teal a~iriv0rfpi^iv 7r\rjv rot? xa\KevcrL. 

 Be ^pyjcri/jLcorepo^ rwv aXhtov Bia jap TO 

 aOai, orav Travcn^raL ^ucrooyae^o?, 0X1709 

 ava\i<TKTai. [TO Be T% d\i(f)\oiov xprjcrifjiov et? 

 Tot/9 ci^ovas IJLOVOV Kal ra TOtaOTa.] Bpvos 



ovv Tavras TTOLOIKTL T9 



IX. Twy Be a\\(ov eXarrou?' teal cr^eBbv rd 

 ye TrXelcrra Biaipovcn appevi Kal 6i]\ei, K 

 eipyrat, 7T\rfV O\LJWV wv ecrri Kal rj 



Trev/crjs yap TO fiev "ifjiepov Trotovcri TO 5' aypiov, 



r^>> / ? s / -v " 5 > ^^ v'TC'' 



>;9 o aypias ovo yevi]' tcaXovcn. ce TTJV [lev ibaiav 



Be 7rapd\.iav TOVTWV Be opdorepa teal 

 repa teal TO (j)i>\\ov e\ovcra Tra^vrepov ij ' 

 TO Be cf)i>\\ov \e r JTTOTpov teal d/jLevrjvorepov TJ 

 irapdXia teal \eiorepov TOV (f)\oibv Kal et9 ra 

 Bep/jLara ^p^cn^ov i] Be erepa ov. Kal TMV 

 o-rpofifacov 6 fiev T^9 Trapa\ias <TTpoyyv\os re 

 Aral Bia%dcrK(i)v Ta^ew9, o Be T?}9 'ISata9 



KOI *U)O<) Ka TTTOV UCTKCOV &>9 OLV 



dyp io)T epos' TO Be v\ov Icr^vpoTepov TO T7/9 

 7rapa\ias' Bel yap KOI ras TOiavra? 



1 Plin. 16. 23. 



2 rb 5f . . . Tojauro : this sentence seems out of place, as 

 oA/^Aoioi was not one of the 'Macedonian' oaks mentioned 

 above (Sch. ). 



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