THEOPHRASTUS 



ov% o/jLoia)^ Be jjBeiav ovB* 



TOVTWV fiev ovv TOiavTa Tives at arai. 



14 IV. Twv Be fj,vpa)v j] o-vvOeais real 1} 



TO o\ov olov et? Orjcravpia-fjLov eaTi TWV 

 BioTrep et? Tov\aiov TiQwTai' TovTo 'yap 

 TdTOv KOI a/j,a 7T/30? ' 



7rel (frvaet, fJKHTTa Se/CTifcbv 6cr/jiij$ Bia rrjv TTVKVO- 

 rrjra /cal TO XtTro?, CLVTWV Be TOVTMV TO \i7rapa>- 

 TCITOV, olov TO d/jLvyBd\ii>ov TO Be crrjo-d/jiivov 

 /cal TO e/c TWV eXaiwv fjLd\icrTa. 



15 XpaivTai Be /jidXia-Ta TU> e/c TT)? ftakdvov TIJS 

 At<yu7TTta9 teal %vpia<;, ijicio-Ta yap \iTrapov eirel 

 teal TU> e/c TWV eXaiwv yuaXto-ra %p(*)VTai TO> 

 a)/jiOTpi/3ei TT}? <f>av\ia<f BOKCL yap d\iTre<JTaTov 



/cat, \7TTOTaTOv KOL TOVTM veq) teal /i-r; 

 TO yap vTrep eviavTov d^pelov 7ra%v- 

 Tepov real \L7rapcoT6pov yevofjuevov. eXaiov {lev 

 ovv TO TOIOVTOV oltceioTaTov, d\nre(TTaTOV ydp. 

 fyacrl Be Tives teal <ev> TO> ^pia-fiaTi TO e/c TMV 

 TTitcpwi' dfjLvyd\u)v iro\\a Be ylveTai Trepl KtXt- 



16 Kiav teal jroiovaiv ef avT&v ^picr^a. (fracrl Be 

 /cal et? TCL <T7rovBa1a TWV fjivpwv dpfJLOTTeiv, wGTrep 

 teal TO etc T?)? ftdKdvov /cal avTO' Troiet Be <ra> 

 tc\v(f>r) avTwv evovfjLov els TO e\aiov 



1 This passage was misunderstood by Plin. 13. 19. The 

 sense seems to be that the viscous character of oil, though 

 preservative of perfume, is not easily receptive of it. 



2 cf. H.P. 4. 2. 1 ; 4. 2. 6. pd\avos, balanites aeyyptiaca. 

 See Index. 



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