THEOPHRASTUS 



Be /3ov/j,e\iov, wcrTrep ol Trepl 

 6 /j.elov Be Kal fiavoTepov ?; fiou/jieXios, Bi' o Kal 

 ?]TTOV ov\ov. (frvaei Be TO uev ireBeivov KOI rpa^v, 

 TO S' bpeivov real \e1ov ecm $6 r) /JLCV ev Tot? 

 opecn (fivo/jLvii ev^povs KCU \aa KCLI cnepea KCLI 

 ry\ia"Xpa, 7; 8' eV TW TreStw a^pov^ KOI fjiavrj /cal 

 Tpayeia. (TO 3' o\ov &>? elirelv ra SevSpa otra 

 /col eV TW TreStw /cat eV TW opet (frverai, ra /JLCV 

 opeiva ei>xpod Te /cat crrepea KOI \ela yiverai, 

 KaOajrep o^vrj TTTeXea Ta a\\a' ra Be ireSeiva 

 fjiavorepa real a^povaiepa /cal ^eipw, 7T\rjv OLTTLOV 

 teal yu-T^Xea? KOI d%pdSo<>, a>? ol irepl rov "O\v/j,7rov 

 <>acri' Tavra 8' ev TCO ire&lw KpeLrrw KOI TW 

 teal TO?? %v\oi<>' ev [lev yap TO> opei 



KOI dKav0a)Set<; /cal oa)Se? elcriv, ev 



iw Xeiorepoi Kal yuet^ou? /cal Toy Kapirov 

 <y\VKvrepov Kal crapKcoBearrepov' jAeyeflei, Be alel 



XIT. Kpaveia? 5e TO pev appev TO Se 6i]\v, 

 Brj Kal 0Tj\VKpavelav Ka\ov(Ttv. e^ovcn Be 

 (pv\\ov [Jiev dfjLvyBdXf) O/JLOLOV, TT\TJV \nrwBecrTepov 

 l 7ra%vTpov, <f)\oibv 8' IvwBij \ejrTov TO Be 

 ? ov 7ra%v \iav, d\\a Trapafyvei pd/3Bov$ 

 a<yvo<$' eXaTTOV? Be r) 6r)\VKpaveia Kal 

 6a/jLV(i)BeaTepoi> <TTIV. TOL/? Be 6'bu9 



rfj ayvy Kal Kara Bvo Kal 



1 c/. Plin. , I.e. , and Index. 



2 /U6i(,*oj> Se Kal navtirepov conj. W. from G ; fj.. 5e nal 

 MVU (V ^uaK^Tfpov) ; p.fifai> 5e Kal paKpoTtpa Ald.H. 



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