THEOPHRASTUS 



e Il\ij06i Be TTO\V KpaTaiyos etrriv, ol Be /cpa- 

 Taiyova KaXovaiv e%ei Be TO fj.ev (pvXXov O/AOIOV 

 a6o-7TL\ij TeTavov,7r\i]v /JLCL^OV e/ceCvov teal 7r\arv- 

 Tepov ?} Trpop.rjKeo'Tepoi't TOV Be ^apay/^bv OVK 

 e%ov cbairep eKelvo. yiveTau Be TO BevBpov OUT* 

 fjLeya \lav OVTC rca^v' TO Be %v\ov TTOIKL\OI> 

 la"Xypbv %av96v e^et Be <f)\oibi> \CLOV Sfwtov 

 fjieaTTLXy fjioroppi^ov 8' ei? ftcWos o>9 eVt TO TTO\V. 

 tcapTTov B 1 e'^et o~Tpoyyv\ov r)\LKOv 6 KOTIVOS' 

 TreTraivoiJLevos Be ^avOvveTau Kal 7rijjL\aLveTai' 

 Kara Be TT/V yevcru 1 Kal TOV %v\oi> yu,e<T7rtXcoSe9' 

 BioTrep olov aypia ^tcnr'iKri Bo^eiev av elvai. 

 jjLOvoeiBes Be KOL OVK e%ov Bia(>opds. 



XVI. 'O Be jrplvos (pv\\ov p,ev e%i BpvwBes, 

 e\a,TTOv Be Kal eiraKavOi^oi', TOV Be <p\oibi> \eio- 

 Tepov Bpvos. avTO Be TO BevBpov /jteya, KaOdrrep 

 i) Bpvs, eav e)^rj TOTTOV Kal e'Sa</>o?' %v\ov Be 

 TTVKVOV Kal lo-^vpov ft uO v p p i^ov Be 67rieiKO)s 



Be TJ (3d\avos" TrepiKaTaXa/jiftdvei Be o veos TOV 

 evov 6-^re yap TreTraivei, Bi o Kal Bitfiopelv Tives 

 (fiaffi. (fiepei Be irapa Trjv ftdXavov Kal KOKKOV 

 Tivd (botvLKOvv i'o-yei Be Kal iiav Kal vcheap- 



> / rf"t / ^ \ 



o)CTTe eviOTe o-v/jLpaLi>i rerra/ja? a/za Kapjrovs 

 eveiv avTov, Bvo fjiev rou? eavTov Buo 8' aXXou? 

 TOV re TT}<? <^ta? Kal TOV TOV v(f)eapos. Kal TTJV 



1 Quoted by A then. 2. 34 ; cf. Plin. 16. 120 ; 26. 99 ; 

 27. 6'2 and 63. 



8 Ttravtv: cf. 3. 11. 1; 3. 12. 5. Athen., I.e., haa rtra- 



* tKeivo Athen. I.e. ; /ca?i/o Aid. 

 4 before la \vp6v Athen. I.e. 



2 5 8 



