THEOPHRASTUS 



8* ecrOieaQai repyjBovi rr\rjv Korivov K.CLI 

 rd Be ov, Bid ri-jv rriKporrjra. eaOierai Be rd 

 ev rrj 6a\drrr) cn]rr6/j.eva vrrb repr)Bbi>o<>, ra 8' eV 

 rfj yfj vrrb <TKw\r)KO)V Kal VTTO Opnrwv ov yap 

 yiveTai repii&cov a\\' 77 eV Trj 6a\drrrj. eari 5c 

 TJ repificov rfo fiev neyeOei /Ai/cpdv, K<pa\i]V 8' 

 Kal o&ovras' ol Se Opines OJJLOLOL 



wv TiTpaiverai Kara /j.iKpov ra 



Kal ecrn ravra eviara" 



yap orav els TTJV 6d\arrav e\KU(70fj areyei' rd 

 Be VTTO rwv reptf^ovwv dviara. rwv Se 

 rcov ev rols %V\OLS ol [JLev el&iv IK 

 (rrj^frecos, ol 8' evriKrovrwv erepwv evriKrei ydp, 

 wcrrrep Kal rot? BevSpois, 6 Kepdarrjs Ka\ovfJievos, 

 orav nrpdvrj Kal Koi\dvrj rrepiar panels acrrrepel 

 avoSo^ov. <f)i>yei Be rd re ocryaco8r; Kal rriKpd Kal 

 orK\r)pd SLO, rb /Jirj Svvaadai rirpdvai, KaOdrrep 

 rtji> rrv^ov. (fraal Be Kal rrjv e\drr)v t^olcrOelcrav 

 vrro r^v /3\darr)a~iv daarrrf ^La^eveiv ev TCO vBari' 

 (fiavepbv Be yevecrdai ev Qevero rr}? 'ApKaBias, ore 

 avrois eXiuvGoOij rb rreBlov (^pa^Oevros rov fiepe- 

 Opov rbre ydp ra? yefyvpas rroiovvres e\arivas 

 Kai, orav errava^aivrj rb vBwp, d\\t]v Kal aXXtji' 

 e<f)icrrdvres, a>? eppdyt) Kal drrrj\de, rrdvra evpe- 

 Qr\vai rd %v\a ddarrrj. rovro aev ovv K <TV/JL- 



1 Plin. 16. 220 and 221. 



2 TiTpalverai conj. Seal, f rom G ; TiTpivfrai UVo. ; 

 MVAld. 3 c/ 4. 14. 5. 



4 oxTTrepel fj.voS<$x oif conj. W. ; Siff-jrep ol ^v6x^oi MSS.J G 

 omits. Tho word /j.vo56\os does not occur elsewhere as a 

 eubst. 



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