THEOPHRASTUS 



BtaTpifteiv. elal Be at pi^cu <pvo/jivai 

 BidBrj\oi ?rpo? TOU? /3XacrTOU9' \evKorepaL yap 

 /cal Bacrelai KOI crtcoXial real a<f>v\\oi. e^ei Be 

 KOI rr)V avco KO/HIJV Tro\\i'jv, teal TO 0X01^ SevSpov 

 evKVK\ov teal Tfj) fieyeOei /j.eya acfioSpa' teal jap 

 Trl $vo crrdSia Troielv fyacn rrjv (TKidv /eal TO 

 vra^o? TOU o'TeXeyoL'? evua 7r\i6va)v i] e^i']KOvra 

 j3r)fjba,Ta)v, TO, 8e 7ro\\a rerrapaKovra. TO Be ye 

 (f)i>\\ov OVK e\arrov e^et TreXT^?, Kapjrov 8e 



o KOI eicdXouv avrb ol "Ei\\rji>e^ avterjv 

 Be dav/jLacnw^ TOV Kapirov ovy on Kara TO TOV 

 SevSpov /jLyedo<? d\\a /cal TO o\ov. (pueTat Be 

 teal TO BevBpov irepl TOV ' ' A.Kecrivr)v TroTajnov. 



"EcrTi ^e /cal eTepov BevBpov /cal TW /j,eye0L 

 fieya /cal f)Bv/cap7rov Qav/jLacrTO)? teal 

 Kapirov Kal xpcovTai Tpofyy TCOV 'I^8wi/ ol 

 teal pr) afJiTce^ofjievoL. 



"EiTepov Be ov TO fj)V\\ov TTJV fj,ev 



7Tp6/J,r)K$ TOi? TWV (TTpOV00)l> TTTfyOOi? OflOlOV, O, 



irapa Ta tepdvr), /j,rj/co<; Be co? 



"AXXo Te ecrTiv ov 6 /capTrbs pa/epos KOI OVK 

 evdus d\\a O-KO\IOS ea0i6/j.evo<? Be yXv/cvs. OUTO? 

 ev TTJ KGL\ia Brjy/jLov efJLTroiel /cal BvcrevTepiav, Bt* 

 o 'AXe^a^8po? dnreKt'ipv^e /JL.IJ ecrtfieiv. eaTL Be 

 /cal erepov ov o /capTrbs ojwios TO?? 



1 o5 conj. W. ; afs UM VAld. 



2 a<(>v\\(}i conj. Dalec. ; 8i(pv\\oi UVAld. ; so also MH. , 

 omitting /ca). 



3 t^Kovra . . . TfTTapaKovra MSS.J e| . . TCTTdpwf conj. 

 Salin. c/. Plin. I.e.; Strabo 15. 1. 21. 



