THEOPHRASTUS 



repai rwv ^vXcov 8i o koI oy% vTrofievovcn 

 Kafnrrjv. fxavoTepai he ai fiev at S" ov. v/jiev(o- 

 §649 5' eV fiev TOt? 8iv8poL<i ovk elaiv rj cT'irdviOL, 

 iv he Tol<i 9afivu)hecn koL oXco'i rol<i vXtj/xaaiv 

 olov Kokdixo) re koL vapOtiKi koI Tol<i toiovtoi^ 

 elalv. e%ei he ttjv fxrjrpav ra fiev fieydXrjv koI 

 (fyavepdv, &)? nrplvo^ hpv^ koX roKXa Trpoeipt]- 

 fxeva, rd 5' d(f)avearepav, olov eXda ttu^o?* oii 

 yap eariv dcpcopLO-fxevrjv ovrco Xa^elv, dWd Kac 

 (^aai Tive<i ov Kara to /xecrov aXXd Kara ro irdv 

 e-y^etv Mare p,r) elvai ronrov uipi,a \xevov' hi o /cat 

 evia ovh^ av ho^ecev oXca e')(eLV' eiTel Kal rod 

 (f>oi,viKO<i ovhefiia (paCverai hia^opd Kar ovhev. 



3 Aia(f)€pov(Ti, he Kal ral<i pL^aL<i. rd fxev yap 

 TToXvppLga Kal p.aKp6ppi,^a, KaOdirep avKrj hpv'i 

 irXdravci' edv yap e^foo't' rorrov, e<f) oaovovv 

 7rpoep'X,ovrat. rd he oXiyoppi^a, KaOdirep poid 

 firjXea' rd he p.ov6ppi^a, KaOdirep eXdrrj rrevKrf 

 fxovoppc^a he ovrco'i, on, filav fieydXrjv rrjv et9 

 ^d6o<i e'^ei fiiKpd'? he avro ravrr]^ rrXeiov^. e')(ov(n 

 he Kal r5)V fir) /j,ovoppi^cov evta rrjv e'/c rov fieaov 

 fieylanjv Kal Kard ^d6ov<;, loairep ujuvyhaXi]' 

 iXda he jxiKpdv ravrrjv ra? he dXXa<; p,el^ov<i Kal 

 0)9 KeKapKtvoyp.eva<i. en he rcov fxev 7ra')(^eiat 

 fxdXXov rMv he dvcofiaXel'i, Kaddirep hd(f3vr]<i eXda^' 



4 rcov he jracrat XeTrrai, Kaddrrep d/nTreXov. hca- 

 <f)epovai he Kal Xecorrjri Kal rpax^JTijri Kal ttvkvo- 

 rrjri. irdvrcov ydp ai pi^ai fiavorepai roiv avw, 



^ yiavo'Tfipa.i . . . oS : text can hardly be sound, but sense is 

 clear. ^ j- (, homogeneous. =* Plin. 16. 127. 



* 3. 6. 4 seems to give a different account. 

 - ' cf. a P. 3. 23. 5, and icapKivdihi^s G.P. 1. 12. 3 ; 3. 21. 5. 



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