THEOPHRASTUS 



dyav Trepiv/ceXeis. ravTa jj^ev ovv ojmoia rat? 

 ovra rat? Bwd/jLeai BtacfrepovTa. 



Be TOV peXavd rives e/CTO/j,ov MeXa/x- 



>9 KIVOV TTpWTOV T/jLOVTO$ KOi aVU- 



KaOaipovGi Be KOI oiKias avrw teal 

 Trpo/Sara avveTrabovTes TWO, eTrqybrjv /cal els d\\a 



& 7T\eiCt) J(pCt)VTai. 



XI. IloXXa Be eari /cal ra Travail] KOI ol TiOv- 

 fjia\\oi teal erep* drra. Trdvaices >yap KaXovai 

 TTpwrov /juev TO 6v ^vpiq, Trepl ov fLLKpw Trporepov 

 eiprjTai. a\\a $6 ra rpia, TO fjbe 

 Ka\ov/J,evov TO 8' ' A.o-K\r)7rieiov TO 8 

 e^ei $e TO jj,6v Xeipcoveiov (f>v\\o 

 \a,Tca6<> fiel^ov $e /cal 8acrvTpov, avOos Be XP V ~ 

 aoeiBes, pi^av Be fJUKpdv (puXet Be fidX-iaTa TCL 

 ^wpia TO, Triova* %pwvTai Be Trpos T TOVS e%eis 

 /cal TO, (f>a\djyia /cal TOVS afjiras Kal TCL a\\a 

 epireTa BiBoVTes ev Oivqy /cal d\ei(f)ovTes /ACT' 

 e\aiov TOV B* e%e&>9 TO Brjyfjia /cal KaTa7r\aTTOv- 

 T9 teal ev o^ii'rj TTielv BiBovTes" dyaOrjv Be fyacri 

 /cal e\/cwv ev oivw /cal eKalw Kal cfrv/udTcov ev 



To 8' 'Aa-KXyTTieiov TTJV pi^av /JLTJ/COS /j,ev to? 

 (TTriOajuirjv \evtcrjv Be /cal Tra^elav a(f)6Bpa, Kal 

 <j)\oiov Tra^vv /cal d\VKO)Br)' /cav\bv Be e%i yova- 

 TcoBr) TravTa^oOev, $v\\ov Be olovirep r) Oa^ria 

 Tra^yrepov dyaObv Be elva'i fyacri epjreTwv 



1 From this phrase ^KTO^OV came to be used as a synonym 

 for ' black hellebore.' cf. Tim. 25. 47; Diosc. 4. 149 ; Hesy'ch. 

 and Galen, Lex. Hipp. s.v. 



2 9. 9. 2. 3 Plin. 25. 32 ; 26. 139. 



4 fjuKpav conj. H. from Plin. 25. 32. radix parva ; /j.&Kpav\J* 

 Aid. 



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