THEOPHRASTUS 



'Ap/crovpov \ajJL/3dvei. ftapeia Be 97 ba^rj rov 

 dppevos, rj Be rrjs 0r)\eia<i Bpi/jivrepa, Si o teal 

 7T/509 rd Orjpia ^ptjo-i^rj. 



Tavra fiev ovv /cal ra roiavra axnrep Bia- 

 (f>epovra. 7rd\iv Be d\\a povoeiB 

 /cal rwv Trporepov elprj/jievwv /cal erepa Trapd 



yap e<m. 



To Se vap6rjic(o&es i KOL yap /cal rovro rcov 

 TroXXa? 7repiei\r)$ev ISeas' ev ol? 



V7T6p TOV KOLVOV 'TTCLO'l \6KTOV, V7Tp 



re /cal vapO^Kia^, eire TO avrb yevos 

 Siatyepov $e /card /zeye^o?, elrc 

 /cal erepov warcep rives tyacrtv. rj 8' ovv (j)avepd 

 0vo-i? d/jL(j)OLv ofjioia 7r\rjv /card TO fiiyeOo^' o 

 fiev yap vdp0rjg yiverai /jueyas a(f>6Spa f) Be 

 vapOrj/cia p,i/cpd. fj,ovo/cav\a B' d/juc^a) /cal yova- 

 rcoBij, aft wv rd re (f>v\\a /3\aardvei /cal tcav\oi 

 8 rives fJiiKpoi (3\aardvei Be rrapa\\dj; rd (f>v\\a' 

 \eyco Be rrapa\\d% on, OVK e/c rov avrov fiepovs 

 TWV yovdrayv aXX 1 eva\\d^' TrepieiX.ij^ora Be rov 

 /cav\ov eTrl 7ro\v, KaOdrrep rd rov KaXd/jiov, rr\r)v 

 drcoKeKKifJieva ravra fidXXov Bid rrjv /J.a\a/c6- 

 rrjra /cal TO f^eyedos' fieya yap TO (j>v\\ov /cal 

 fjia\a/cbv /cal Tro^vo-^iBes, ware elvai cr^eBbv 

 rpixwBe?' e'xei Be /neyicrra rd /cdrco TT/JO? rrjv 

 yijv /cal del /card \6yov. dvBos Be 

 dfjiavpov, Kaprrov Be Trapo/Jioiov r&> 



ei Aid.; aSpvvci conj. W. But cf. the somewhat 

 similar use 6. 2. 4. 



2 contra bestiarum morsus Plin. I.e. 



3 Plin. 13. 132 and 133. 



4 The form of expression in the repeated inrep seems loose, 



12 



