THEOPHRASTUS 



, TTCTTau'erat, Be, wcrvrep ol fiorpves, 

 ra? ^poid^' $>verai Be, KaOdrrep ra 

 fj,vpTa, Trap 1 aXX?;Xa TTVKVOS eVt TWV /3\acrTa)v 

 ecrOio/jLevos S' 6 ev rot? Awrcxfidyois Ka\ov/jievois 

 y\VKi>s Kal T)Bv<; Kal da-ivrjs teal eri Trpo? rrjv 

 KOi\iav dyados' rjSicov 8' 6 aTrvprjvos, eaii yap 

 KOI TOLOVTOV TI evos' TTOIOVCTI, Be KOI olvov 



avrov. 



2 TToXu Be rb BevBpov KOI 7ro\vKap7rov TO 7' 

 ovv 'O^eXXof o"TpaTQ7reov, rjviica eftd&i^ev et? 



KOI TOVTM 



eTriXiTrovTwv TWV eTTiTrjSeicov. ecrrt fj,ev 

 ovv ical ev rfj vr\crw rfj AWT o $ ay IT iB i KoXov/nevrj 

 avTij 8' GTTiKeiTCii KOI airkyjzi fjiiKpov ov 

 ovOev ye /zepo? aXXa TroXXw TT\elov ev rfj 

 ipa)' TrXeicrTOv yap oXco? ev rfj At/Surj, Kaddirep 

 eiprjrai, rouro Kal o TraXtofpo? ecrriv ev yap 

 Rvecnrepicri TOVTOLS Kavcri/JLois xpwvrai. Biacfiepei 

 Be OUTO? 6 XWTO? TOV Trapa T0t9 AwTo^dyois. 

 3 'O Be 7ra\iovpos OafjivwBecnepos TOV \WTOV' 

 (>v\\ov Be Trapofjioiov e^et TW evTavffa, TOV Be 

 Kapirov Bid<j)opov ov ydp 7r\aTvv d\\d crTpoyyv- 

 \ov /col epvdpov, /jieyeQos Be rj\iKov T/}? KeBpov TJ 

 fiiKpw fjLei&v Trvprjva Be e^ei ov avveaOLO^evov 

 KaOdiTep rat? poat9' rjBvv Be TOV Kapjrov Kal edv 

 olvov eTTL^erj fcal avTOV TjBiw yivecrdai (f)acn 



TOV olvOV 7}Bid) TTOielv. 



1 cf. Hdt. 4. 177; Athen. 14. 651; Scyl. Peripl. Lotophagi. 



2 A ruler of Gyrene, who invaded Carthcaginian territory in 

 conjunction with Agathocles, B.C. 308. 



3 T?7 \coTOtpaytrlSt conj. W. ; rfj huTofiayia. 4>api5( UjNIAld. 



4 pipos : /j.fi(0v conj. Sch. (non minor G). 



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