THEOPHRASTUS 



MeyaXa Se %v/jL(3d\,\eTai /cal ra rpav/^ara Kal 

 al 7r\r)yal TWV TrepiaKaTTTovTwv et<? TO arj <f>epeiv 

 ra? /jL6Ta/3o\d<? rj Kavfjbdrwv rj %eiu(t)vci)V 

 jap bv Sid TTJV e\Kwaiv KOI TOV TTOVOV 

 TOTaTov eo~Ti rat? V7rp/3o\ai<;. cr^eSoz^ Se, w? rives 

 OLOVTCII, TO, TrXetcrra rwv vocrrnjidi'wv CLTTO 

 yiverat' Kal yap ra acrrpo/SX^ra Ka\ov/jieva 

 ra (T<aKe\iovra $La TO CLTTO ravrt<f eivai 



TOV TTOVOV. oioVTCLl 6 KOL $VO TaVTCLS GlVCU 



i/ocrou?' ov /ATJV aX\.a TOVTO <y OVK ayai' 



S' dcrQevecTTaTOV r) yLt^Xea rj rjpivrj 

 TOVTWV 77 y\vKelaJ\ 



"Ez>mt Se TDipciMreis OVK et9 (f>dopav yivovraL 

 o\wv aXX* t9 aKapTTLav olov lav Tt? T?)? TUTUO? 

 d(f)e\r) TO aKpov r) TOV (froivtKos, aKapTra yiveo~9ai 



al ov% 0X0)9 dvaipelo~6ai. 



YlvovTai Be VQGQI Kal TWV Kapirwv avTwv, eav 

 KaTa Kaipov TO, rrvevfiaTa Kal TCL ovpdvia 

 avuftaivei yap OTG uev drroftdXkeiv 

 yvofjievu>v 77 arj yevofJievwv vSaTwv, olov Ta? <rvKas, 

 OT6 Be %eipovs yiveaOai crijTrouevovs Kal KaTarrviyo- 

 / ae;'OL'? TJ Trd\LV dva^rjpaivoaevovs Trapa TO Seov. 

 yjeipLO-Tov be edv drravdovo'L Ticnv efyvcrr), Ka0drrep 

 e\da Kal d/^TreXft)' avvarroppei yap 6 Kaprros Si 

 dcrQeveiav. 



1 Plin. 17. 227. 



2 fvxeipuTOTa.Toi' conj. W. after Lobeck ; eix e 'p^ TaTol/ Aid. 



3 TTOVOV conj. H. from G ; T^TTOV MVAld. 



4 This sentence is clearly out of place : the plural TOVTUV 

 has nothing to refer to. c/. 4. 13. 2. It is represented how- 

 ever by Plin. I.e. 



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