THEOPHRASTUS 



t5>v AloXicov rivet, ov8e 7rpb<; to, lepa 'XpwvTai 

 Toi<i ^vXoi'?. Kara /juev ovv ra ^v\a Kol rat 



o\a<i ixop(^a<i iv rovroi<i al Siacf)opaL 



6 K.rjKl8a<i Se itavra cjiepei to, yevrj, povq Se el<; 

 TO, Sep/Mara ')(^prjaip,riv rj r]p,epi<i. rj he rrj<i alyi- 

 XwTToi? Kal TTjt 7r\aTV(f)vX\,ov rfj p,ev 6-^et irapo- 

 pboia ry t?}? rjpepiSo^, irXrjv Xeiojepa, axp€to<; 8e. 

 (pepei Kal ttjv krepav ttjv p^eXaivav rj ra epia 

 PdiTTOVcnv. he Kokovcri tiv€<; (fxiaKov op^oiov 

 T0t9 paKLoi<; T) alyLXw^jr fxovr] (jyepei ttoXiov Kal 

 Tpa'xy' Kal yap 7Tri')(yalov KaraKpefidvpyrai, 

 Kaddirep Tpvxo<; oOovlov p,aKp6v. (f)veTai he 

 TOVTO eK rov (pXoiov Kal ovk e'/c t?}? Kopvprj^; 

 odev r) /3d\avo<;, ovh^ ef 6(})0aXfxov dXX eK rov 

 irXayiov roiv dvcodev o^cov. rj K dXi(^Xoto<i eiri- 

 jxeXav TOVTO (pvec Kal /Spa'x^v. 



7 Ot fiev ovv eK t>}9 "lhr)<; ovtco<; hiaipovcriv. ol 

 he irepl MaKehovtav TeTTapa yevrj iroiovaiv, 

 eTV/xohpvv fj Ta<f yXvKeia<i, 7rXaTV(}>vXXov f) ra? 

 TTLKpd'i, (f)rjy6v f) TO.? (TTpoyyvXa<i, daTrpiv TavTTjv 

 he ol p,€V aKapTTOV 6Xco<; ol he (f)avXov tov Kapirov, 

 axxTe /M'}]hev iadleiv ^oiov irXrjv v6<i, Kal TavTrjv 

 OTav eTepav pr) e)(^r]' Kal to, TroXXd Xap/3dvea0ai 

 TrepiKe^aXala, po^^VP^ ^^ f^^'' ^^ ^vXa' mreXe- 



1 Plin. 16. 26. 



^ <pd(TKOV . . . ^o/ctojs conj. Sch. (^a«-ioiy Salm. ) : (pdcrKos ojnoios 

 rois ^paxeiois UP.2 ; (pdffKov dfioioos ro'is fipayx'^"^^ Ald.H. Plin. 

 16, 33, c/. 12. 108 ; Diosc. 1. 20; Hesych. s.v. (pdcricos. 



^ rpaxv conj. W.; &paxv UP. * Kopvvtis. cj. 3. 5. 1. 



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