THEOPHRASTUS 



€(TTi 8e Koi ra fiev aKpoKapira tS)v BevSpav koI 

 oXw? T&v (f>VTa)v TO, 8e TrXajLOKapira ra S' dfjL(f)o- 

 repca. TrXeico 5' uKpoKapira tmv dWav tj roiv 

 SevSpcov, olov Toov re atrypcov ra aTa)(^vcoB7] koX 

 Tcov Oa/jLvoyScov ipeiKrj koi aneipaLa koI dyvo<; koi 

 dXk' uTTa Kol Twv \ax(tvooB(t)v rd Ke(jiaX6ppi^a. 

 i^ dfXifiOTipcov 8e koI tmv SevSpcov evia koI twv 

 Xaxci'VcoB&v, olov /SXcrov d8pd(pa^v<; pd<f)avo<;' 

 errel kol iXda Troiei ttw? rovro, Kai (f)acrcv orav 

 aKpov ivejKri cnj/jueiov ev^optwi elvai. dKpo- 

 KapTro<i Be tto)? koi 6 (poipt^' irXrjv rovro ye koL 

 aKpo^vXXov KOL dKpo^Xaarov 6Xw<i yap iv ra) 

 dvco rrdv to ^coriKov. rd^ fxev ovv Kurd <rd> 



fMepr] 8ia(f>opd<i ireipareov ix rovrwv Oecopelv. 



At Be roiavrai rr]<i oX.-^? ovcria<; (patvovrar BrjXov 

 on rd fiev rjfiepa rd S' dypia' kuI rd fxlv /cdpmfia 

 rd S" uKapira' koI del^vXXa koX (f)vXXo^6Xa, 

 KaOdirep eke')(dr], rd S' oX,&)9 d(pvXXa' koX rd jxev 

 dvdrjriKd rd 5' dvavdrj' koX Trpcoi/SXaarrj Be koI 

 irpcoi/capTra rd Be o'yjrL^aarr} koi osfrlKapTra' 

 axravrwi Be Koi oaa iraparrXricna rovroi<;. Kai 

 7ra)<? rd ye roiavra iv roi<; jxepecnv rj ovk dvev rwv 

 jxepSiv eariv. aXV eKeivrj IBicordrr) Kai rpoirov riva 

 jxeyicrrrj Bidara(Ti<;, ^irep Kai eVt rcov ^(ocov, on rd 

 fiev evvBpa rd Be ')(epaala' Kai ydp rcov <pvrcov 



1 Plin. 16. 1J2. 



^ TovTO conj. Sch. ; tovtov UAld. ; tovtov M. 



' Tiadd. W.; cf. 1. 13. 1. 



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