THEOPHRASTUS 



10 'O Be (froli'i^ ecrTL y,ev TTOVTLOV ySp 

 Be cr<fr6Bpa t /cal a^eBov evOelat, al e 



f)dj3B(l)V Kal KCLTwOeV 0V KVK\fp aVTCtl, 



TWV pd/3Ba)v al aKpefjiove^, aAA' uxrav ev 



Kara /JLICLV avve^eLS, o\iya%ov Be tcai cnra\- 



\aTTOvaai. TMV Be pd/3Sa>v rj rcov ajrofyvcrewv 



TOVTWV OfJLOla TpOTTOV TWO, 7/ (^)U(Tt9 TOi? TO)V 



010V 



Kdi TOt? TOIOVTGIS, 7T\r)V Opddl KCil OV%, 



KLi>a, r jrepiKeK\ao'iJLevai KCU TO fyv\\ov e^oucrai 



VTTO rT;? aXyLtr;?' eVet TO ye 



o\ov rjrceiv TOP pea-ov ye Kav\bv KOL r) aAA?; o- 

 7rapa7r\tjcria. TO Be ^pwfJLa real TOVTWV KCL\ TWV 



KdV\WV KOL O\OV TOU (pvTOV G^pV0pOV T (T(j)6Bpa 

 KOi (J>OIVIKOVV. 



Kat TO, /jiev ev TrjBe rfj 0a\.aTTrj Tocravrd ecrTiv. 

 TJ yap GTToyyia KCLI al airKvaLai Ka\ov/u.evai Ka\ 

 ei TL TOLOVTOV eTepav e%i fyvaiv. 



VII. 'Ev Be Tf) eo) Ty rrepl 'Hpa/cXeou? crT?;Xa? 

 TO T6 Trpdaov, coGTrep ei'pijTai, (frveTai /cal TO, 

 a7ro\i0ovfjLeva TaOra, oloi^ 0v/j,a /cal TCL BacfrvoeiBrj 



l Ta aXXa. T/}? Be epvOpas Ka\ovp,eini$ ev TJ) 

 fJLLKpov eirdvw KOTTTOU eV fj,ev TTJ yfj 



. . , aira\\a.TTov(rai probably beyond certain re- 

 storation : I have added Kal before Karwdeif (from G), altered 

 KVK\cadv to KVK\W, put a stop before Kal KaruOev, and restored 

 airaA\cTTou(ra< (Ald.H.). 2 cf. 6. 4. 8 ; 7. 8. 3. 



3 TrfpiKK\aff/j.(va, i.e. towards the ground, cf. Diosc. 3. 

 68 and 69, where Plin. (27. 13) renders (<f>v\\a) v 

 ad terram infracta. 



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