THEOPHRASTUS 



Tov Be ep7rv\\ov iBios r) av%r)(Ti.<; rj TO>V /3\a- 

 BvvaTai jap e<' oaovovv Tfpolevai, Kara 

 %dpa/ca \a(3cov rj TT/JO? al^aaiav (j>VTev- 

 r) KCLTW Kadie^ievo^' evav^eaTaTos Be 6t9 

 <f)peap. eiSrj Be TOV /JLV r}/j,pov \afielv OVK 

 ecm, KaOdirep eXe%^. TOV Be dypiov 

 elvai. TOV jap ev ro?9 opecriv TOV /j,ev 

 Tiva KOI Bpi/jLVTCtTov TOV 8* evocr/Aov elvai, /cal 



6 f 'lpa Be TT}? ^ureta? 7r\ei<TTa)v fJLeToirwpov, ev 

 w crTrevBovcriv &><? Trpwra <f)VTeveiv ov fir^v aXX' 

 evia fcal TOV rjpos (frvTevovaiv. airavTa (f>i\6crKia 

 /cal <f)i\vBpa Kal fyiXoKOTTpa yLtaXtcrra* av%/j,ov Be 

 Kal 0X0)9 oXiyovBpoTaTOs 6 epTruXXo?. 

 q) Be %ai,pei, yLtaXtcrra Be Kal TTJ TWV \ofyov- 

 pcov <j>a<rl Be Kal fteTatyvTeveiv Beiv TroXXaKw 

 i(o yap. TO Be cncrv^^piov, wcnrep e\e%0r), Kal 

 fj,r) jjbeTa^vTevofJLGVov. 



VIII. Twi^ 8' dvO&V TO /J,eV TtpWTOV K(j)aiVTai 



TO \evKolov, OTTOV fjiev 6 drjp fj,a\aK(*)Tpo<> evOvs 

 TOV ^eijJbwvoSy OTTOV Be o~K\r)poTepo<$ vcrTepov, 

 evia^ov TOV rjpos. d/ma Be TO) tco rj /MKpov TI 

 vcFTepov Kal TO <J)\6yi,vov Ka\ovfJievov TO dypiov 



1 c/. Plin. 20. 245 and 246 (not from T.) ; O.P. 2. 18. 2 ; 

 Diosc. 3. 38 ; Index (pnv\\os. 



2 c/. Plin. 19. 172, which refers however to 

 Nic. ap. Athen. 15. 31. 



8 Plin. 21. 61. 



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