THEOPHRASTUS 



TiOevai Trjv TifJLTjv 6t? TOVTO TO 

 %a)pi,ov evdev av eXayvrai, teal TOV lepea Trapayevo- 

 fjievov TO TpiTOV fiepos \afBovTa T>}? TL/JL^ TW 6ea> 



TO \OL7TOV aVTOV KaToXlTCelv KOi TOVTO (TWV elvdl 



rot? KvpLots, eft)? av e\wvTai Trapayevo/jievoi. 



7 "AXXoi 8e Tives TO fiev TOV \i(3avwTov Sevbpov 



elvai (fracri, o~%ivq) icai TOV Kapirov rat? 

 <pv\\ov Be vTrepvOpov elvai Be TOV /JLEV etc 

 veo)v \(,/3avcoTov \VKoTpov /cal aoSf^oTepov, 

 TOV & IK TWV TraprjfCfjba/coTWV ^avOoTepov fcal 

 evocr/jiOTepov TO Be rr;? o-/j,vpvr)<t O/JLOIOV Ty Tep- 

 fjiivOw, Tpa^vTepov 6 /cal dtcavQatBeo-Tepov, (f)v\- 

 \ov Be fjLi/cpw o-Tpo<y<yv\oTepov, TTJ Be yevcrei Bia- 

 /zacrft)//,ei>o? o/jLoiov rw r^? TepfjiivOov elvai Be /cal 

 TOVTCOV Ta TraptjKfjia/coTa evoG fjuoTepa. 



8 YlveaOai Be a^oTepa ev T& avTw TOTT^T T^V Be 

 jrji' V7rdpji\ov teal 7r\a/c(oBr], teal vBaTa jrrjyala 

 aTcdvia. TavTa /j,ev ovv virevavTia TW vi<f)ea~0ai 

 teal veaOai teal TTOTa/JLOVs e^ievar TO Be Trapo/noiov 

 elvai TO BevBpov Ty TepfJiivdw /cal a\\oi 

 Xeyovo-iv, ol Be teal oXco? TpfJ4V0ov elvar 

 o-0r)vai yap ^v\a 77/009 'AvTijovov VTTO TWV *A.pd- 

 /3wv TWV TOV \t,(3avu>Tov tcaTajovTcov, a ovBev 

 Bie^epe TWV TT}? Tepfjiivdov ir'krjv OVTOI ye 



1 Plin. 12. 66 and 67. 2 Plin. 12. 53. 



3 TrAojcwSr/ : lit. 'with a crust'; so W., but the word does 

 not seem to occur elsewhere in this sense. 



4 cf. 9. 4. 2. 



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