THEOPHRASTUS 



\LVOV <f)VTveTat yap, wo-jrep e\6%0ij, teal CLTTO 

 Ba/cpvov TO iTTTroGeXivov, KaOdirep rj Kpivwvla /cal 

 aXXa. TO Be TOV cri\<$)iov Bpi/u,v, /caBdirep avTO TO 

 ffi\<f)iov 6 yap OTTO? /caXou/<tej>09 TOV o~i\(f)iov 

 Sd/cpvov IVTLV. TI Be a-fcaiJLiiwvia KOI e'l TI aXXo 

 TOIOVTOV, axnrep e\6%0rj, (papfAa/cwSeis e^ovai ra? 



TidvTWv Be TWV elprj/jLevtov TCL 

 avvio-TaTai, TO. S' air* evTOjuvjs, TO, & dfJL(f>OTepwdev 

 Tejmvovai, oe Sf)\ov OTI Ta ^ptjcn/na KOI Ta fjia\\ov 

 7ri%r)TOi>jUL6va. TOV & ttTTO TT}? d/*vySa\f)s ov- 

 Be/jiia XP e ^ a &0>Kpvov, Si b KOV/C d<f)6\Kov(Ti. Tc\r]v 

 6Klv6 ye (pavepbv OTI wv auroyu-aro? 7; TTT)^? 



6 TOVTWV TT\ei(DV T) tTTlppOT) TT)S VypOTrjTO^. OV Tr)V 



avTrjv $ wpav aTrdvTwv al evTo/Jial /cal 77 

 aXXa TO fjiev TT}? d/jL7re\ov /j,d\i(TTa 

 <f>aaiv eav fjiiicpov rrpo TTJS (SXaGTrjcred 

 TOV Be {iT07T(t)pov teal dp%o/JLevov TOV 

 rJTTov KaiTOi Trpo? 76 KapTTOTo/ciav al ^ 

 rat? 76 TrXetcrrat? avTai. r?}? oe TepfjuLvOov /cal 

 T7^5 7reu^9 fcal el e/c Tivwv ak\wv prjTivr) yivcTat, 

 yLtera rrjv PXda-Trja-w TO 8* o\ov ov/c eVerao? r) 

 TOVTWV, aXX' et? TrXeta) %povov 77 eVro/^r;. TOV e 

 \ij3avwTov /cal TIJV afivpvav VTTO K.vva (fracrl /cal 

 rat? OepiAOTdTctis i)juiepai<; evTepveiv coo-aura)? 

 oe /cal TO ev %vpia /3d\a-ajuov. 



7 'A/cpi/3ecrTepa Be /cal eXaTTcov r) /cal TOVTWV 



1 e| aurrjs conj. Seal.: cf. Plin. 19. 162, where smyrnium 'u 

 given as a synonym ; e/ avro'is Aid. 



2 cf. 2. 2 1 ;6. 6. 8; C.P. 1. 4. 6. 



3 9. 1. 3. 4 cf. C.P. 6. 11. 15. 



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