THEOPHRASTUS 



yLtoXf/98o<? /cal 6 \iOos 6 TotovTov teal apiaros 

 o ud\L(TTa TOIOVTOS. WCTTG Si' 



Kal TW 'tyv'XpW Kal TW 7TVKVW, 



%w Trjv oaarjV arfP 6'X&)? 



fcal yap f) avairvor) (f)0eipei /cal TO 

 Kal a\\orpiov eVel Kal ra 

 (f)0ipi Kal KaTava\i(TKi, 

 oo" //-?, aXXct)? re Kal ra? JJLT] 



42 X. Kecf)a\a\>y7) &e TWV p.ev r Tro\v r re\wv TO 

 a/JLapaKivov Kal TO vdp^wov Kal fjteyaXelov, TWV 

 & evTe\wv oXco? jjilv TCL TrXetcrra /ud\iaTa Be TO 

 Sd^vivov. \a^>poTaTa &e TO poSivov Kal rj 

 KVTrpos, a Kal rot? av$pd(ri p,d\t<TTa apfjiOTTeiv 

 SoKei, Kal ?r/)09 rovrot? TO Kpivov Tat9 Be <yvvai%lv 

 r] crTaKTr) Kai TO jLL<ya\eiov Kal TO KlyviTTiov Kal 

 TO ajjiapaKivov Kal TO vdpoivov Sia yap TIJV 



Kal TO Tra^o? OVK evairoTTVoa ouS' evacj)- 

 ' ^TITOVGL < r yap> TOL %povia. 



43 'E?ret Be TCL aev daOevr) TCL 8' lo-^vpd, Kal 

 la^ypoTepa TCL CLTTO TWV pi^wv Kal TO, aXXa TCL 

 Trpoeiprj/Jieva, Bia TOVTO TCL aev avOiva /j,rj Tpi- 

 ftoLieva evoo-fjiOTepa, TCL B' CITTO TWV pi^wv Kal 

 Ta \oLira Tpt/36/jiva' TCL jjiev yap BiaTrveiTai 

 T6 Kal aua BcaQepuaivo/jLeva Bia TTJV 



Kal a\\OLOVTai, Ta Be Bia TTJV l 



1 e.g. alabaster, wliich here at least is spoken of as a kind 

 of stone. 2 yap ins. Sch. 



3 6 4 



