THEOPHRASTUS 



\vo~i yap* 

 OVTOL yap a 



atya/ceXi^ovTes KOI VTTO /ca/jLTTWv 

 Ivxyporepos Be 6 yu-eXa? epeftwOos KOI o irvppos 

 rov \evKOV' (TV/jL^epei, Be, ^aaiv, ev TO?? e<j)vBpoi,s 

 re aiTeipeiv avrov. Kvapos Be avOwv 

 <f)i\i ^pe^e^Oai, Bi? o /cal OVK e6e- 

 \ovdiv otyicTTropelv, wcrTrep eiTrojjiev, brt TTO\VV 

 yu-era Be TTJV aTravBrjaiv 6\iyov TrdfATrav 

 Belrar Gvve<y<yvs yap rj reXeicoo-^. d\)C 

 aBpvvQfj KOI fiXaTrreiv Bo/cel rd (TircoBrj KOI 

 ijv Be Trvpov /jLa\\ov, 



6 'Ei/ AlyvTTTO) Be KOI T3aftv\a>V{, KOI Ba/cr/oot?, 

 OTTOU fir] verat, rj X(*>pa <rj> o-Tram'ws, al Bpocroi TO 

 o\ov e/crpe^ovaiv. en KOI ol 'jrepl Kvptfvrjv ical 



TOTTOI. KaipitoTara Be iracriv &>? 

 eiTrelv rd rjpivd' Bi o /cal rj 

 7ro\\d <ydp rov rjpos /cal 

 yiverai, TOV Be %ei/Jiwvo<; b\iya. fyrel Be rj 

 X67TT07ea)9 TroXXa /card fiiKpov rj Be jrieipa /cal 

 7r\f)6o<; pev eveyxelv Bvvarai /cal dvBpiav TT^OO? 

 Be rrjv %(t)pa$ avBpiav Trovna Trvev^ara /cal avpai 

 Bo/covcfL v/ji(f)pei,v, aXXa ^e Trap 1 aXXot? roiavra, 

 KaOdirep /cal Trporepov eiprjTai, co9 67rl TO irav 

 Be yitaXXoz^ au^/xo? 77 eTrofjiffpia jfv/ji^epei, T<W airar 



7 ol jdp op/Spot, fcal aXXw9 evavrioi /cal 7roXXa/a9 

 avrd rd (Tirep/jLara Bia(j)0ipovo~i,v, el Be /n,rj TT\IJ- 



1 ff<(>a.Ke\iovTes '. cf. 4. 14. 4. 



2 6 irvppbs TOV \evKov conj. Seal, from G and Plin. 18. 124 ; 

 6 Aeu/cbs TOV irvpov UAld ; o \. T. irvppov H.J 6 \. r. vvpbs M. 



3 cf. C.P. 3. 22. 3. 



4 Setrot conj. Sch.; 8e?o-0at Akl.H. 



1 80 



