THEOPHRASTUS 



TTJV pL^av. TO Be xpiar/jLa TO 

 K TOV Kvireipov. /co/jii^eTat Be CLTTO TWV Kf K\d- 

 Bwv TO KVTreipov. diro v\ov Be 6 <f>olvi Ka\ov- 

 fjLevos' e^/3d\\ovo~t yap Trjv ovo/^a^o/jie^v cnruOrjv 

 %r]pdvavTes. UTTO /capTrwv Be TO re fjujkivov KOI 



TO [JLVpTlVOV KOI TO Bd(f)VlVOV TO & A.iyV7TTlOV /C 



7r\eLovwv } K T TOV KivafjLw/jiov teal /c o~/j,vpvr]s Kal 



29 "Eri 5' K irXeiovcw TOVTOV TO /j,yd\6iov KOI 

 <yap /c Kiva/j,o)fjt,ov . . . KOI e/c r>?9 o-fJLVpvri<$ KOTTTO- 

 fievrjs e\aiov pel- aTa/CTV] yap Ka\elTat Bia TO 



<KCLTO> fJLlKpOV GTa^tlV. O 8l] fJLOVOV TIVGS (JMiaiV 



aTT\ovv elvai /ecu devvOeTOV TMV fjivpwv TO, $ 

 d\\a TrdvTa, crvv0Ta, 7T\rjv TO, fj,v tc TT\eibvwv 

 TCL $ ef eXdTTovwv, ef IXa^io-TCov Be TO 'ipivov. ol 

 fiev ovv OVTCO \6yovaiv, ol Be TTJV epyaaiav r^9 

 aTa/erfy elvai TOidvBe- Trjv cr^ivpvav OTCLV KO^COO-L 

 Kal BtaT^wo-i ev e\aiu> /3a\avivw irvpl /jLaXa/ca) 

 vBwp eiri^elv 6epp.bv' avvi^dvetv B 1 et? ftvOov Tr)v 

 o-fjivpvav Kal Tov\aiov KaOdjrep l\vv oiav Be 

 TOVTO GVjAftr), TO fJiev vBwp djDjOelv TIJV 8' VTTO- 



To Be /j,eya\eiov e/c prirlvr)*} /cc/cav/newi? GVV- 

 TiOeaOai /cal e\alov (BaXavivov ^i^vuaQai Be 

 tcacriav tavd^jjiov cr/jivpvav. Tr\eia-Tr)v Be Trpay- 

 l TO /jLya\iov /cal TO AlyviTTiov elvai, 



1 c/. H.P. 9. 7. 3; C.P. 6. 11. 13. 



2 c/. H.P. 2. 8. 4. aita.Qi)v appears to be a conj. of W. for 

 Vlllg. TrAaTTji/ : e\a.TT}V Turn. C/. LS. S.r. 



3 Said to l)e called after the inventor, one Megallos : c/. 

 Plin. 13. 13. 



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