THEOPHRASTUS 



, olov 



yvs 'A\e%dvBpeios' wv aTravrcov ev rofr el 

 ra9 Bia(f)opds \7j7TTeov. ov% r)KLGTa B* ol/ceiai 

 ei Tt9 \ajjL(3dvoi ra9 roiavras' olov elo~tv ol fjuev 

 Trpwiot 01 Be otyioi, teal evav^el? real 7ro\,v%oi ol 

 Be <fjiiKpol> Kal 6\tyo^oi, /cal fieyaXoa-rd^ve^ ol e 

 fjLiKpoo-T dive's. Kal ol /jt,ev ev KaXvKi TTO\VV xpovov 

 ol 8' 6\iyov evovres, axTTrep 6 Aiffvfcos. Kal K(i\a- 

 ol fiev \eirTov ol Be Tra^vv Kal rovro 6 Ai- 

 vv Be Kal 6 Kay%pvBia<;. eri B& 

 ol fJiev 6\iyov$ ol Be TroXXou?, &<J7rep o 

 Kal 6 /Jiev /jLovoKa\a/j,o<; 6 Be 7ro\v/cd- 

 , Kal fjioXkov Be Kal TJTTOV. 



4 'OyU,Otft>9 Be Kttl L Tl 7rapa7T\^(Tl,OV TOVTOIS 



f) T0i9 Trporepov elprj/Aevois Kara ra9 Bwdpeis. 

 al yap roiavrai (frvcriKdoTarai Bo^aiev av elvai 

 TWV Biacf)opa)v. ev al<; Kal TO TWV Tpi^vwv Kal 



TO T&V OLfJil]V(DV Kttl L Tl 76^09 V eKaTTOCTlV 



r)/j,epais re\eiovrai, KaOdirep (^acrlv elvai Trepl 

 rrjv Alvelav, 01 rerrapaKovra rj/jLepais avro r>}9 

 (TTropas dBpvvovrai Kal reXo9 LCT^OVCTIV' elvai B* 

 la^vpov TOVTOV Kal ftapvv ov% wanrep rov rpi- 

 fj,r)vov Kovcfrov, St' o Kal roi9 otKerai^ Trap- 

 exeiv, Kal yap ovBe irirvpov e^eiv TTO\V. o-rrra- 

 fj,ev ovv Kal ra%OT09 ct? Te\LQ)o~iv 



1 tfr\eyyvs. Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer conjectures ffi\iyvis : 

 cf. Plin. 18. 184, LS. aiXlyviov. 



2 cf. Geop. 3. 3. 11. 3 i.e. colour, size, etc. 



4 piKpol add.W. to correspond to evav^s (conj. Sch.; evafets 



Aid.)- 

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