THEOPHRASTUS 



Bdvov pi^a Kal TT/OO? TOU? <rir\rjva^' TO Be arrepfJia 

 ov xpijcri/jiov ovBe 6 OTTO? avrrjS' yiverai Be ev 

 'ApKaBia. 



AavKOV Be rrepl HarpaiKrjv TTJ? 'A^aia? Bia- 

 (pepov, flepaavriKov <ucrer pi^av Be e%et /jbeXaivav. 



ep/j,avriKov Be Kal Bpifjiv Kal TT)? d/j,rreXov TT}? 

 dypias pia' Bi? o Kal et?- ^ri\w6pov %prfa(,/j,ov Kal 

 e^w/XtSa? djrdyeiv' rco Be Kaprrw ^iXovcn, rd 

 Bep/jiara. re/jLverai Be irdcrav atpav oTroo^a? ^6 



1 Be pia yS/}^a? ev 

 rraveiv ^prjcrifir). Kav\ov Be e^ei rroiKiXov o(j)[,(*)Br)' 



/ 5\' ' " 



'H Be r/}? Oa^ias e/jLeriKrj' edv Be rt? Karda^rj, 

 KaOaLpet, Kal dvco Kal Karw Bvvarai Be Kal rd 

 rre\id>fjiara e^aipelv VTrcoTria Be rroiel aXXa K~ 

 \evKa. o Be OTTO? la-^vporepo^ avrr/s KaOaipei 

 Kal dvo) Kal Kara)' o-7repfj,ari 8' ov xpwvrar 

 yiverai Be Kal a\\o6i fjuev drdp Kal ev rfj 'ArriKfj' 

 Kal rd poa-KijfjLara ravrys ov% arrrerai rd 

 ey%copia, rd Be geviKa /BoaKerat, Kal Biappoia 

 Bia((>0eiperai. 

 4 To Be 7ro\v7roBiov perd rd vSara d] 



i ^\ y I / 



o~rcepiJia oe ov wvsi* 



To Be r^? e/3evov v\ov Kara fj,ev rrjv 



(^XolaOev Be ae\av yiverai' 

 Be TT/OO? 6<f>0a\fjiias aKovy rpi/36fjievov. 



1 cf. 9. 15. 5. 2 cf. 9. 15. 8. n. 



3 cf. 9. 14. 1 ; Diosc. 4. 181-183 ; Plin. 23. 19 and 21. 



4 cf. 7. 12. 2 ; Diosc. 2. 167. cf. Plin. 24. 89. 



5 Diosc. 4. 153 ; Plin. 13. 125 and 126. 



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