THEOPHRASTUS 



rovro TTOiel tuvto' avyKara^epet yap TroWa 

 TOiV airepixdjwv, koX a/xa crrjylrlv riva rf)^ 7% kuI 

 Tov vBaTo<i' eVel koI rj fii,^i<i avrtj tt}? Al<yvTTTla<i 

 ) <yrj<i SoKCi TLva jevvdv vXrjv. iviwx^ov 8e, av fxovov 

 vTrepydaoovTai koi Kiv^jacoaiv, evOv<i dva^Xaardvei 

 TCL olKela T779 %ft)/9a9, Mairep iv K.pi]Tr} KvirdpiTTOi. 

 yiverac Be 7rapa7r\'^ari6v ti rovroa koX iv rot? 

 eXdrroaiv dfui <yap Kivovfi€VT]<; dva^XaaTavet 

 TToa Tt9 iv eKd(TTOL<i. iv he roL<; rjfMi^po^oi'i iav 

 vTTOvedarj'i ^aiveaOai cf)aac rpi^oXov. avrat fiev 

 ovv iv rfj fiera^oXfi r7J<; %«yoa9 elaiv, etre koi 

 ivvTrap^ovTwv airep/xdrcov etre koX avTri<i ttw? 

 Siaridep,€vr]<;- oirep laco^i ovk droirov iyKara- 

 KKeLOfxevcov dfia rcov vypcov ivLa')(pv he koX vhdrcov 

 i'KLytvop.evcov Ihicorepov dvarelXai v\r](; irXrjOo';, 

 oiairep iv J^vpijvT] TriTTcohovi rcvo'i yevo/xevov Kol 

 •nax^o<i' ovTWi yap dve^Xdarrja-ev rj irXyacov v\r} 

 Trporepov ovk ovcxa. (^acrl he /cal ro ye criXcptov 

 OVK ov Trporepov iK TOiavTrj<; rivof alria<i (fiavr}- 

 vai. rpoTTOt fxev ovv roiovroi tcov toiovtcov 



yevecrecov. 



II. Udvra he Kdpirifia t] aKapira, kuI dei(f)vXka 

 rj (pvWo^oXa, kuI avdovvra rj dvavOrj' KOival 



^ 7) S" . . . TOUT?) conj. W. ; ri 5* iir. toCt' av iwolei TavT6 

 UMV (5' aS marked doubtful in U) ; r) 5' iir. tovt' avrh cTroiet 

 Aid. 2 piin iQ 14.7. 



■* i.e. and is released by working the ground. 



* cf. a P. 1. 5. 1 ; Plin. 16. 143, who gives the date 

 A.u.c. 130; cf. 19. 41. 



164 



