THEOPHRASTUS 



7roXXou9. Kal ravra /uev ev BevBpo- 



Qepet Be Aral crTrepuaTa loia, TO, yJkv 



ofjioia TCI Be ro?9 Trvpols Kal rats' 

 . epejSwQos JJLV yap Kal (fraKos Kal raXXa 

 ra Trap' I'UMV OVK eaTiv erepa ' ecrrlv wcrTf 

 r jrapa7T\i](TLa iroielv ra e^?/ya,aTa Kal /JLTJ Sta- 

 ryi<yva)(TK(V, W9 <$>acriv, av IJLI'] TIS aKOvarj. KpiBal 

 Se Kal Trvpol Kal a\\o TL 76^09 aypicov KpiO&v, 

 el; wv /cal ciproi ?;Set? Kal %ov&po<$ KaXos. ravras 

 ol LTTTTOI eaGiovres TO TrpwTov Si(f)deipoi>To, Kara 

 ovv eOiaOevTes ev d%vpoi<; 



10 MaXtcrra 8e (TTreipovcn TO KaKov^vov opv^ov, 



ov TO ^rj/j.a. TOVTO Se O/JLOLOV TT) %eia Kal 

 iTTTLaOev olov %6vopos evTrtTCTOv Be, Trjv o-^rir 

 frvKos o/jLOiov rat? aipais KOL Tcv iroKvv ^povov 

 ev vSaTi, aTTO^etrat Be OVK et9 ard^vv aXX' olov 

 (f)6/3r/v, axjTrep 6 Keyxpos Kal 6 eXu/Ao?. aXXo Be 

 o eKaXovv ol f/ EXX?7i/e9 (^aKov TOVTO Be OJULOIOV 

 fjtev Ty o-^rei Kal TO ftovKepas, Oepi^eTai Be Trepl 

 H\eidBos Bvcriv. 



11 Ata<f)epei Be Kal avTrj rj ^copa TO> TIJV p.ev 

 (frepeiv evLa Trjv Be fjirj (frepeiv r) yap opeivij Kal 

 a'yu/7reXoi> e^eu Kal e\dav Kal TCI aXXa aKpoBpva' 

 Tr\r)V aKapTTOv Trjv \aav, Kal o-%eBov Kal 



waTrep /zera^u KOTIVOV Kal eXaas eVrt 



1 c/. 8. 4. 2. whence it appears that the original text here 

 contained a fuller account. Plin. 18. 71. 



B tioryjnnn hah-penne. 3 Sc. of Alexander. 



4 The verb seems to have dropped out (W.). 



