THEOPHRASTUS 



Y. Tlepl Be Ktva/jLco^ov Kal Kao-'ias TaBe \e- 

 ddfjivovs IJLCV d/jicfioTepa TavT elvai ov 

 fJL6<yd\ov<i aXV rjXiKov? ayvov, 7ro\vK\dBov$ Be 

 real ^v'XtoBei.s. orav Be eKKotywaiv, o\ov TO Kiva- 

 fj,co/j,ov Biaipelv els Trevre fjieprj' TOVTWV Be TO irpG)- 



TOV 7T/009 T0t9 /SXaCTTOfc? j3e\Tt(TTOl> elvdl, O TfJL- 



veTdi (TTTida/jiiaiov rj /MKpw pel^ov erro/Jievov Be 

 TO SevTepov, o /ecu T{J TO/A?} eKaTTOv elra TO TpiTov 

 KOI TtTapTov ecrxaTOv Be TO ^eipucTov TO TT/JO? 

 Ty pi^rj' tykoiov yap e\d^L(7Tov e^eiv %prfo~i,[jiO<; 

 Be euro?, ov TO %v\ov Bi o Kal TO dxpoipves Kpd- 

 TIGTOV, Tr\el(TTov jap e^eiv Kal TOV (f>\oiov. ol 

 OVTW \eyovo-iv. 



AX\oi Be 6afjLv&$es jjiev Kal CTI /jia\\ov <f)pv- 

 s elvai fyaori" Bvo S* avTOv yevr), TO /mew 

 fj,e\av TO Be \evKov. Xeyerat Be Ti9 Kal /jivOos 

 vrrep avTov' fyveoOai fJ,ev <ydp fyaviv ev <f)dpay%iv, 

 ev TavTais S* o(^e^9 elvai TTO\\OVS BijyfjLa Oavdat- 

 IJLOV e%oz/ra9, 737)09 0^9 typa^djji 

 TOU9 7roSa9 KaTa(3aivov(Ti Kal 

 OTav egeveyKwai 5teXo^T69 Tpa 

 povvTai 7rpb<5 TOV r)\iov, Kal TJV av ^d%r) o 

 KaTa\i7rovcnv CLTCIOVT^ B* evOvs opav $a<Ji KCLLO- 

 fievrjv TavTrjv OVTO? fiev ovv TO* ovii fj,v0o<;. 



Trjv Be Kaaiav (ftaal r9 fJ,ev pd/SBovs rra^v- 

 Tepa<; e^eiv, IvcoBeis Be o~(f)6Bpa Kal OVK elvai 

 TTpi<t)\ev<raL' ^p^aifjiov Be Kal TavTT)<s TOV <f)\oiov. 



1 Plin. 12. 85-94. 



2 A similar tale is told of frankincense by Herodotus (3. 

 107), who has an equally surprising tale about cinnamon 

 (3. 111). 



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