THEOPHRASTUS 



eTepov dyvorj/jia Trpoa-rjyvoovv WOVTO yap e/c TOV 

 avTOV BevBpov TOV re Xiffavwrbv yivecrOat, KOI TT)V 



9 o~fjLvpvav BioTrep ercelvos o \6yos TriOavwrepos 6 

 Trapd TWV dvaTr\evo"dvTU)V e% 'Upaxav TroXews' 

 eTrel KOL TO virep ^dpBecov TrecfrvKos TOV \t,/3ava)- 

 TOV SevBpov ev iepa> TIVL ScKfrvoeio'es e%et TO <f>v\- 

 \ov, el TL Set GTadnaadai TOVTO" 6 \i(BavwTo<$ & 

 eyei, KOI o etc TOV o-reXe^ou? Kal o eic TWV aicpe- 

 fjbovtov, o/Jioiws /cal Trj offset Kal TTJ oo-fjif} Ov/jiia)- 

 lievos TO) d\\w \i/3ava)TO). 7re(f)VK Be TOVTO povov 

 TO BevSpov ovoejjuas Tvy%dveiv <6epaireia^>. 



10 "Etvioi Be \eyovo-iv 009 7r\eio)v jjiev o Xt/8az/&)To? 

 eV Ty *A/3a/3m yiveTai, Ka\\Lwv Be ev rat? eTTiKei- 

 /Jievais vijcrois &v eirdp^ovaLv evTavda yap Kal 

 o-%r)fjLaT07roielv eVt TWV BevBpwv olov av tfeXewar 

 KOI Ta%a TOVTO ye OVK aTrlOavov evBe^eTai, <yap> 

 OTTOiav av fSov\wvTai, Troielv Trjv emo/jujv. elcrl 

 Be Tives Kal jj,eyd\oi o~(f)6Bpa TWV %6vBp(ov, W<TT' 

 elvai TO) fjiev oyKy i ^eipOTc\r]diaiov^ o~Tadfjiw Be 

 Tc\eov rj TpiTov yite/oo? fjbvas. dpybs Be KO^i^eTai 

 Tra? o Xt/9a^a)T09, O/MLOS Be Ty tTpoao^rei (frXoiy. 



Be rj fjuev (TTaKTr) 7} Be 7r~\,ao~Tij. 

 S' 97 fjiev d/Aeivoov Trj yevcrei,, Kal 

 TIJV 6fj,6%pQ)v \a^dvovai. . Trepl 

 ovv ~\,i/3ava)TOv Kal o-fj,vpvr)$ <r%eBbv 

 d%pi ye TOV vvv. 



1 Plin. 15. 57 ; c/. 16. 135. 



3 5' e^et conj. W. ; Stferot P 2 Ald.; om. H. 



3 depairdas add. Sch. from G ; oirSe^ums rvyxdveiv UMAld. ; 

 ov fj.ias Tvyx& vetv ^*2- But there is no sign of a lacuna in the 

 MSS., and ovSeplas is probably corrupt, as W. suggests. oi5e 

 Qep. is inconsistent with 9. 4. 2. 



4 TrAeiW conj.W.; yttwv P 2 Ald. 



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