THEOPHRASTUS 



avra ra SevSpa, Bca(f)€p€iv koX ra^ ipyaaia^ ovk 

 aroirov. 



Vevrj he twi' ^otvtKwv earl TrXetw npcorov fiev 

 Kol Mairep iv /xeylaTr] htai^opa to /nev KapTrifiov 

 TO 8e cLKaprrov, ef wv ol irepX ^a^vXwva ra? re 

 K\Lva<i Koi ToXka axevr} iroiovvTai. eireiTa tS)V 

 Kapirificov ol fiev appeva al he drjXeiar hiacfiepovai, 

 he aX\i]\a>v, Kad' a 6 fiev dpprjv av9o<i irpcoTOV 

 cf)ep€i eVt Tr]<i aTrdOrjf;, 17 he OrjXeia KapTTov evOi) 

 liLKpbv. avTOiv he tmv Kapircov hiacfiopal TrA-etou?' 

 ol fiev yap aTrvpTjvoc ol he fjuaXaKOiTV prjvoL' Ta^i 

 -X^poia^ ol [xev XevKol ol he fx,ekave<i ol he ^avdoi' 

 TO h' 6\ov OVK iXdrrco ')(pa)fjbaTd (^aaiv elvat tmv 

 avKOiV ouS' <x7rXw9 to, <yei>rj' hta(jiepeiv he kol Kara 

 TO, jxe'yeO'q Koi Kara rd cr'X^^fuiTa' koI yap (T(paL- 

 poeihei<i eviovq maavel firjXa koi rd /jbeyedrj rrjXi- 

 KOVTOv; ft)9 TGTTapa? et? tov 7rrj-)(^vv elvai, [eTrra 

 Kal evTToSou?]* aWov<; he jxiKpov'^ r)XiKov<; epe- 

 yStV^ou?. Kal Tot9 %v\ot9 he ttoXv hia(f>epovTa<;. 



K.pdrLaTOv he Kal tmv XevKwv Kal tmv fxeXdvwv 

 TO jSacnXiKov KaXovfievov yevo<; ev eKarepw Kal 

 fieyedei Kal dpeTrj' airdvia S' elvat TavTa Xeyovar 

 (T'xehov yap ev jxovw tm ^aycoov ki^ttw tov 

 iraXaiov irepl ^a^vXwva, ev Kutt/jw he thiov ri 

 yevo<; (fyoiviKaiv earlv o ov ireiraivei, tov Kapirov, 

 dXX^ &)/xo9 (OV r)hv<i a^ohpa Kal yXvKV<i icTTf ttjv 

 he yXvKVTTjTa ihiav e%et. evLoi 8' ov fiovov hia- 



1 Plin. 13. 39. 



^ irpwTov conj. Sch. ; trpwros UMVAld. 



3 irrjxvv conj. R. Const, from Plin. 13. 45. and G, c/r Died. 

 2. m- ffTcixv*- UMVAld. 



■* ewTo Kal einr6Sovs UMV : the words perhaps conceal a 



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