THEOPHRASTUS 



v oOev dv dvaTe\\r)rai, evrevOev aveuo?. 

 al KrfKd^es ve(f)\ai Oepovs dvefjiov at] fjiaiv overt. 

 32 'Ea^ do"r pairr] TravTa%b9ev yivijrai, vBcop O-TJ- 

 {taivei, Kal 60ev av al dcrrpairal TTVKval yivcov- 

 rai, evrevOev Trvevfiara jiverai. Oepovs oOev 

 av aa-rpairal Kal ffpovral yivcovrai, evrevOev 

 Trvev/jLara yiverai la^vpd' eav /*ev a(f)6Spa Kal 

 laxypov do-TpaTTTrj, OaTrov Kal o-^oBporepov irvev- 

 GOVCTLV, eav S* rjpefia Kal /Jbavws, /car' o\iyov. 

 TOV e CIAWVOS Kal OivoTrwov rovvavriov 



iravovGt, yap ra Trvev/^ara a arpaira' Ka ocrw 

 av la-^vporepat ^ivwvrai da-rpaTral Kal ftpovrai, 

 TOO-OVTW fjia\\ov Travovrar TOV 8' e'apo? fjrrov 

 av ravra (jr^Lela \ejd), cocnrep Kal ^ei^wvo^. 



'Eaz/ VOTOV TTveovro? ftoppaOev darpdTnr), irav- 

 erai' eav ecodev darpaTrrrj eiwOe TraveaQai rpt- 

 rato?, ol Be a\\oi ire/jLTrraloi efiBo/Aaioi evvaTaloi, 

 ol Be Bei\ivol ra%v iravovrai. ol ffopeat, Travovrai 

 a)? eVl TO TroXu ev Trepirrai^ ol Be VOTOL e 

 ave/j,oi aipovrai d/ju 7]\iw dvare\\ovTi 

 eav dvare\\u>v o rj\io<$ Kal o-e\rfvrj 

 eTTiTeivei rd TTvevjuiara' xpovitorepa Be Kal l 

 porepa rd TrvevfAara ylverai ra r)/j,epas f) vvKrcop 



34 'Eidv errjaiai TTO\VV ^povov irveva-wai Kal 

 evrjTai dve/juwBes, 6 xei/Awv vr)ve^o^ 

 , ev S' evavria)?, Kal 6 ^eifjicbv evavrios. 



1 Ki)\d8es, i.e. a 'mackerel sky'(?) The word seems to 

 occur nowhere else except in Hesych., who renders frvvtipos : 

 derivation obscure. It should probably be read in 51 for 

 Koi\d5es. 2 Plin. 18. 351. 



3 &t>. Sc. elvai, which perhaps should be added. 



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