THEOPHRASTUS 



e? Be /cal 7ro\vppiov, ov fjirjv Kara /3d0ovs 

 T#9 pia<? e^ov. pXaa-rdvei, Be d^a TlXeidBi 

 /cal T0?9 TrpwTOis dpoTois teal d(f)irj(Ti Tore TO 

 (f>v\\ov ov yap IdTiv eTrereiov a\\a 

 repov. 



2 To Be T?)9 KaTTTrdpios IBiov, 

 Trapa ravra' /cal yap TO 



e%ei, /cal TOV Kav\ov, ov% MCTTrep o </>ea)9 /cal 

 tTTTTO^fft)? avdrcavOa 

 Be /cal eiriyeiov /cal 

 Be /cal dvOel TOV 6epov<$ /cal Bia/Jiei>ei, TO <j)vX\,oi> 

 '\\wpov a%pi TLXeuiBos. %aipei Be vtydjjijjLOis 

 /cal XeTTToyeiois xcopiow \eyerai, Be co? ev Tot? 

 epyaa-i/AOis ov Oe\ei (frveaOai, /cal ravra Trepl rd 

 darrj /cal ev evyeiow TOTTOIS <j)vo/jivr) /cal ov% 

 (7i\(f)iov ev opeivols" TOVTO fj^ev <ovv> ov 



3 'O Be Tpij3o\o<; iBiov eyzi, Biort Trepi/capTri- 

 d/cav66<> ecrTL. Bvo 8' avrov yevrj" TO jjiev yap 

 (j)v\\ov epeftivO&Ses, erepos Be 



Be dju<f)co /cal TroXXa^r} 

 ao-T9 Be /jid\\ov 6 $vX\d/cavo$ /ca 

 Trepl Ta9 av\d<$. TO Be o-irep^a TOV [lev Trpw'iov 

 anyaa/AwBes, TOV Be o^friov aTpoyyvXov eirifJieXav 

 ev Xo/3a>. /cal TO, /j,ev ovv Trapd Ta $v\\a /cal 

 d/cavOav e^ovTa G^eBov ev TOVTOIS. 



'H ' ovwvis ecrTL TTTopdd/cavOov eTreTeiov Be 

 TO <f>v\\ov e%et TrrjyavtoBes TrapaTretyvKos Trap' 



1 a.p6rois conj. Bod.; apdrpots Aid. cf. 8. 1.2. 



2 Wre conj. St.; TOVTO Aid. 3 cf. Pall. 10. 13. 2. 



4 6 (pecas conj. St.; o<f>eo>s Ald.Bas.Cam. H. ; 6 <Aews mBas. 

 6 Plin. 21. 91. 



