THEOPHRASTUS 



6\i'ya<i' Tr}v ^e fieXiav irXeiov; koX elvat irvKvop- 

 pi^ov Kal ^aOvppc^ov. i7n7ro\r]<i Se koI apKevdov 

 KoX KeSpov Kal K\7]dpa<i Xe7rTa9 /cal 6/ia\et9' 

 en 8' o^vrjv Kal yap tovt iTrnroXacoppi^ov Kal 

 okiyoppt^ov. rrjv Se ovav €7rnro\aLov<i fiev l(JX^' 

 pa<i he Kal 7ra%eta9 Kal hvaoiXedpov^ TrXtjOei, Se 

 fjbeTpLa<i. ^advppi^a pev ovv Kal ov ^advppii^a 

 ra ToiavT iariv. 



VIT. ^ Am-OKoirevro^ he tov o-reXe^oi/? ra pev 

 aXXa TrdvO^ 0)9 elirelv irapa^Xaardvei, TrXrjv iav 

 at pi^ai TTporepov Tv-)(U)cn TreTrovTjKvlar TrevKrj 

 8e Kal iXdrrj TeXicof; eK pi^Mv avTO€Tei<i avaivovrai 

 Kal edv TO uKpov iTriKOTrfj. avp^alvet, Be tBiov 

 Tfc irepl Tr}V eXaTrjV orav yap KOirfj rj KoXova-Ofj 

 VTTO TTveup.aro'; rj koI aXXov TLvb<i irepl to Xelov 

 rov areXi'Xpv'i — e;j^^et yap p^e'x^pi Tii/09 Xelov Kal 

 do^ov Kal 6p,aXov iKavov ictto) ttXoIov — irept.- 

 <f)v€Tai piKpov, viroBeearepov eh v'y^o^, Kal Ka- 

 XoixTLv 01 p.ev dp(f)av^iv 01 he dp(fiL<f>vav, rq> pev 

 Xp(op,aTi, p^eXav rfj he (TKXrjporrjTi virep^dXXov, 

 e^ ov rov'i KpaTrjpa^ iroiovatv 01 irepl ^ApKahlav 

 2 TO he TTd')(p<i olov av TVj(r) to hevhpov, oacpirep 

 dv la'xypoTepov Kal iyx^XoTepov rj ira^xyTepov. 

 avp^aivet he KaKelvo ihiov ev TavTcp tovto) irepl 



^ (T(p. Kol oKlyus conj. W. ; <r<^. /car' oXtyov UMVAld. 

 '^ i.e. not very fibrous. 



2 c/. Hdt. 6. 37, and the proverb vItvos rpSvov iKrplffeadai. 

 * b/xaXov conj. ScaL ; no lov Aid. 



' iKavhv 'lirr<(> vXoiov conj. W.; ^ Koi i]\Ikov irXiluv Aid.; so 

 UH, but with nXoiov. 



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