THEOPHRASTUS 



Be TrXetcrTO? ^v /^era^v TOV 

 TOV MeXaz;o<r OUTO? Be 6 TOTTCK jrpocrayo- 

 peverai /uev Tle\Kavia' TOVTOV 8' eanv drra 

 \VTpoi Ka\ovfjievoi (3a6vo-p.aTa r?}? \L/J,VTJS, ev ol? 

 KuXkiffTov (frao-i yiveaOai" <<ylv(r6aL> e ical KaO' 

 o TI T\po/3aria Ka\ov^evrj Kara(f)prat' TOUTO S' 

 earl Trora/io? pewi> etc AeftaSeias. KciXXicrros Se 

 So/eel TravTwv yivearOaL irepl TrjV O^eiav /ca\ov- 

 fjievriv K.a/j,7n]V 6 Se TOTTO? OVTOS earns 6fij3o\r) 

 TOV Kt]<j)i(Tov. ryeiTVici 8' aviu) Tre&iov evyeiov, o 



9 Trpoo-ayopevovo'i 'iTTTriai'. Trpuo-ftoppos 8e TOTTO? 

 aA,Xo? r?}? 'O^ta? Ka/^TT^ eariv, uv KCL\OV(TI 

 BorjSpiav fyveaOai Be (pacn KCU Kara TCLVTTJV 

 evyevrj TOV KaXafjLOi 1 . TO Be o\ov, ou av 17 {3a0v- 

 <yeiov Kal ev^eiov %wpiov teal t'XuwSe? /cat o 



/cal TT/QO? TOVTOIS J3d0vcr/J,a 

 <yivaQai KaXa/j.oi'. rrepl 



yap T^V \)j;Lav Ka/i7r?/z^ Kal TIJV l&or)$p'iav Truvra 

 TavTa vTrdpxeiv. OTL Be o K?/(/)fcro? /xeydX^v e'^et 



TO TTOielv KCL\OV TOV Ka\ajLlOV <Tr)fjLLOV 



/ca$' or yap TOTTOV o MeXa? KCL\OV /xez^o? 

 e/jL/3dX\,ei (3a6elas 0^0-77? T/}? Xtyu^? /cat TOU 

 odd>ov ? evyeiov KOI IXvwSovs, rj oXw? yLt'/ ytveffdat 

 rj (f>av\ov. r) fiev ovv yeveGis Kal Averts TOV 



av\ijTLKOv Kal r; KaTepyacria Kal Tivas eX tl ^ La ~ 

 (fropds Trpo? TOU9 aXXou? iKavws elp/jcr0co. 



10 Fevr) Be ov TavTa [JLOVOV aXXa vrXeta) TOV /caXa- 



Tvy^dvei fyavepas e^ovTa TTJ ai<j6i]G.i Bia- 

 s' 6 /Jiev yap TTVKVO^ Kal Ty aapK\ Kal 





1 c/. Plut. /S//tt, 20. 



2 i.e. the so-called ' Lake ' Copaia. 



s Ka l add. W. 

 374 



