THEOPHRASTUS 



ol Se KOI cr<f)oopoTp(0<; ^iaTfJirfOei^r]^ ia-%eiv /cal 

 /ca)\veiv TTJV ^VCTLV. [ravra pev ovv, wcrjrep eliro- 

 jmev, eoi/ce or)\ovv TO /cotvov.] TWV fjuev ovv efco 

 TOTTWV ol (jyap/jLa/cwoeo-TaTOi OVTOL. 



Twv Be 7Tpl TrfV 'EXXa8a TOTTGOV (frappa/caySe- 

 a-TaTov TO re Uij\iov TO ev ^erraXta teal TO 

 Te\@piov TO V Rvftoia /cat 6 Hapvao-6s, GTI $e 

 KOI TI 'Ap/caSio, /col T) AafccoviKif KOI yap 

 (frapjjLaKwoeis d/iKJioTepai' $i o KOI cfi ye 'A 

 el(t)6a<Ttv dvTi TOV (frapjjiafcoTroTe 

 Trepl TO eap, OTCIV ol OTTOL //-aXtcrra TWV TOIOVTWV 

 (f)v\\a)V aK/jid^wa-f Tore yap fyapfJLdKw&eaTaTov 

 TO yd\a" Trivovai 8e ftoeiov So/eel yap TTO\V- 

 vo/j,(t)TCiTOV fcal 7ra/Ji<f)aya)TaTov elvai TCCLVTWV o 



oe Trap' avTols o re e'XXe/So^o? d 

 /cal 6 \evfcos teal o yu/eXa? 1 eTi oe Sav/cov 

 Kpo/coev, /cal TJV eicelvoi, /JLCV pd(f)avov 

 dypiav Ka\ovo~i TWV 8' laTpwv Tives /cepdlv, /cal 

 rjv ol jJiev d\6aiav e/ceivoi, 8e fjLa\d%rjv dypiav, /cal 

 rj dpi(TTO\o%ia /cal TO crecreXt /cal TO iTTTroaeXivov 

 Kal TO Trev/ceSavov /cal rj ( Hpdrc\eia /cal 6 aTpv^vo^ 

 a^orepo? o re <f>ou>itcovv e^wv TOV Kapirov /cal 6 

 fieXava. 



QveTai oe /cal 6 cri/cvos 6 aypios, ef ov TO 

 e\aTr}piOV avvTiOeTai' Kal 6 rt^u/AaXXo?, e'^ ov TO 

 tTTTTO^ae?' dpio~Tov $e TOVTO Trepl Teyeav /cd/ceivo 

 fjbd\io'Ta (TTrov&d^eTai' (frveTat 8' e/cei eTrl 



1 I omit ravra . . . KOIVOV as apparently out of place and a 

 duplicate of the last sentence of 8. 



a Plin. 25. 94 ; cf. 4. 5. 2. 3 Plin. 25. 110. 



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