THEOPHRASTUS 



aOpoa TTOV Ko,Ta\df3r)' (friXoKOTrpov ' ov TO Orjpiov 

 dvaBveTai teal evBv&a fcoi/Aarai ev rfj Koirpw, Bi 

 o Brj pdBiov Orjpeveiv aXXw? ' ov/c GCTTL. rcu? 

 Be pa<f>av'i(Ti 77/305 Ta? -^uXXa? 7rpoo~(f)0pov TO 

 6po/3ov<>. Trpbs Be TO JJL^ yiveaOat 

 ov $>a<rt,v elvai fydpfjuatcov ov&ev. VTCO 

 Be TO acrTpov WKI^OV fjiev \evfcaiveTai Kopiavvov Be 

 d\fia. Ta fjuev ovv (TVfiftalvovTa Bid TOVTCOV 

 OewprjTeov. 



T&v Be (TTrep/jidTWV Ta [lev e<TTW l 

 Ta Be ddOevecrTepa TT/OO? Bia/Jiovrjv 

 fiev olov Kopiavvov TevT\iov irpdaov 

 VCLTTV ev^wfJiov Qvfjuppa, aTrXft)? ra Bpi/juea 

 dcrOeve<JTepa Be ytfOvov, TOVTO ydp OVK ede\t 

 dBpd(j)av<> WKL^IOV KoKoKvvTr] o~i/cvo<>, 

 Ta Bepivd TWV %eijjiepi,v(tiv paXkov. Bia- 

 fjievei Be ovBev 7r\eov TCTTapwv eTwv wcrre eTi, 

 elvat Trpbs roi'5 (nropovs' d\\d Bieva 

 f$e\Tiw, Ta be Tpieva ovBev ^eipa), TO B* 

 VTrepTeivov ijBrj ^elpov. 



11/309 Be Trjv jJia^eipiKr^v %peiav eVt vrXetw Sia- 



1 KOirpos adpoa irov KaraXaftrj Aid. ; Koirpov aOpoav TTOV ns 

 KarafiaXr) conj.W. after Sell.; icdirpov aQp6av conj. Seal. 



2 <pi\6KOTrpov 8' "bf rb Oyptov avaSverai Kal e^Srtro conj. W. ; 

 <pi\6irovov rb 6-fipiov dfoSeuerai Kal e^ als Koifj.arat UMAld. ; 

 <pi\virfov conj. R. Const., but W.'s conj. is confirmed by 

 Geop. I.e. The change of gender in evdvffp, is strange. 



3 Trpbs TCLS i^uAAos irp6ff<popov rb mBas. ; ^uAAas irpbs rb Aid. 

 H. ; irpbs ras \j/v\\as ap/ce? rb conj. W. 



4 ifvAAas Aid.; Kaunas conj. Sch. followed by W. 



5 cf. Geop. 12. 7 ; Pall. 1. 35. 8 ; Plin. I.e. 



