THEOPHRASTUS 



vBu>p /3o/j</3vKiav. TrjV fj,ev ovv <yevecnv elvai 



epeiv Be ra)i> aX\,(ov KaXdfAwv co? Ka(? 6\ov 

 evrpo<j)ia TLVL rrjs fyvcjews' ev7r\ < r)0la'T6pov 

 yap elvai real evaapKorepov Kal 0X0)9 Se 0?]\vv rff 

 Trpocrotyei. Kal jap TO <pv\\ov TrXarvrepov %etv 

 /cal \evKQTpov TTJV Be uv0Ti'j\r)v eXarrco ra)i> 

 a\\G)v, Tivas 5e oXw? OVK G^LV, oi)? KOI 



ayopevovcriv evvov^ias' e^ wv apiara /LteV 

 Tives <yLV<T0ai ra evyr), tcaropOovv 8e oXuya 

 IT a pa rrjv epyaaiav. 



r Yr)i> Be ro/^r)i> topaiav elvai irpo ' 'AvriyeviSov 

 fj*ei>, ^VLK TIV\OVV a7rXao"Tco9, UTT' ' Ap/crovpov 



yU.7/2'0?' TOV jap OVTto) 



ivecr6ai 



uev erefftv vcrrepov <yvecrai xprai/jLov Ka Trpo- 

 BelcrOai TroXX/)?, av^^v^iv Be ru 



TWV ^yXcoTTco^, o TTpos Trjv ftiaKTY} plciv elvai 



6 r i(n,ov. 7rel Be 



, /ca 



yj uTeKiv/]0r)' re/j.vova'i, yap Bij vvv TOV 



irpo 



VTTO TpoTrds. 'ylveo'Oai Be 

 re iaijiov Kal 





iai'. In one kind of pipe the performer blew, not 

 directly on to the 'reed,' but into a cap in which it was 

 enclosed ; this cap, from the resemblance in shape to a 

 cocoon, was called /3o'uj3u|. 



'-' f ~li>ai add. W. 



3 Plin. 16. 109 172. 4 September. 



6 i.e. between the free end of the vibrating 'tongue' and 



370 



