THEOPHRASTUS 



j~ripwv ra {lev jap rravovrai, ra Be 

 icrravrai' ra Be j(\wpd \iav o~vjjL/jLvei teal eve 



) >P> \ / \ 



rai ev Tot? ooovcri ra rrpiafjiara /cat 

 Bi o /cat rrapa\\drrovcnv aXX?;Xa)i> TOW? oSoz/ra? 

 'iva e^dytjTai. ecrri Be KOI BvarpuTnjrorepa ra 

 \lav ^Xco/oa' /SpaSew? ^ap avafyeperai ra e/crpv- 

 mjfjiara Bia ro fiapea elvai' ra)i> Be ^ripwv ra%ea)s 

 KOL 6)^t'9 o arip ava06p/j.aiv6fjLVos dvaBiBwai- 

 rrd\iv Be ra \i'av rjpa Bid rrjv (TK\rjp6r7jra 

 BvcrTrpiara' KaOdrrep jap oarpaKov 

 rrpieiv, &C o KOI rpvrrwvres eTnft 



RvTT\6Kr)r6rpa Be KCLI evropvorepa /cat ev^o- 

 (ttrepa ra '%\wpd' rrpoa-KaO^rai re jdp ro ropvev- 

 rt'ipiov fjLa\\ov fcal OVK drrorrrj^a. KOI rj 7re\fct]cris 

 rwv /jLa\aK(i)rep(DV pawv, KCU tj %ecri$ Be o/zotw? /cat 

 en keiorepa. la^yporarov Be real t] /cpdveta, rwv 

 Be a\Xwv ov% ijKiara t] rrre\ea, Bi o KOI TOU? 



TTOiovaiv. vyporarov Be /jL\ia teal o^vrj' Kal jap 

 ra tc\ivdpta ra evBiBovra etc rovrwv. 

 VII. f/ OXa>? Be TT^O? rrola TT}? 7X175 



Kal rcoia vav7rr)j)jai/jio<; Kal 

 TrXetcrrr? jap avrr) 7; %/oeta /cat ev 

 Treipareov alrrelv, dtyopi^ovra KaO^ eKacrrov ro 



ovv Kal TrevKij Kal KeBpos oo? a 



1 iravovrai can hardly be right : Plin. I.e. seems to have 

 hud a fuller text. 



2 fuTrAcxTTei : cf. de Sen*. 66. 



454 



