THEOPHRASTUS 



Be e%e« XeipicoSrj ein^apelav. e-^^et 8e Kal rov 

 KapiTov o/xolci)<; tt/jo? evl /xLa'X^a) 7ra%ei ^orpvcoSi) 

 Si' yiverai Be KaraTreTraivo/nevo^ /xeXaq, &)/zo9 Be 

 oiiv 6p,(})aK(oBT]'i' /xeyeOeL Be fiiKpo) [lei^wv opo^ov 

 rr)P vypaaiav Be olvcoBrj rfj 6-\\rei' Kal to.? %etyoa9 

 TeXeiovjxevoL ^dirTOvTai Kal ra^ Ke<^aXa<i' e%ei Be 

 Kal ra evTo<; aijaa/xoeiBij ti-jv o-^lv. 

 7 YidpvBpov Be Kal ?; Irea Kal 7ro\v€tBe<s' rj jxev 

 fieXaiva KaXov/xein] rro top (fiXoibv e%ety fieXava 

 Kal (poiviKovv, 7] Be XevKr) to5 XevKov. KaXXtovi 

 Be e-xev ra<i pdj3Bov<; Kal ;^/??/criyu,ft)Te/oa9 eU to 

 nrXeKeiv 77 p,eXaiva, 97 Be XevKrj KaTrvpcorepa^. eari 

 Be Kal Tr]<; /jieXaivr]<i koI tyj^ XevKi]<; evLov <yevo<; 

 fxiKpov Kal ovK e)(pv av^rjcriv eh vy\ro<i, &cnrep Kal 

 eir ctXXcov tovto BevBpcov, olov KeBpov (f)OLviKo<;. 

 KoXovcrt, 8' ol Trepl ^ApKaBlav ovk Ireav dXXa 

 eXlKrjv TO BevBpov olovrai Be, wairep eXe;^^j;, koI 

 KapiTov ex^iv avrrjv yovcpbov. 



XIV. "EcTTt Be rrj'i 7rTeXea<; Bvo yevti, Kal ro fiev 

 opeiirreXea KaXetrai to Be TTTeXea- B[.a(f)epeiBe t5) 

 OafivoyBeaTepov etvac ttjv TTTeXeav evav^eaTepov Be 

 T7;i/ opetTTTeXeav. (f)vXXov Be dcr)(^iBe<; TrepiKe'^^apay- 

 jxevov rjcrv^rj, TrpofirjKeaTepov Be tov Trj<i diriov, 



' Kara-niTTaivofjiivos conj. W. ; koI ireTr. VAld. 



'^ Kol . . . ^dnrovrai I conj., following Seal., W., etc., but 

 keeping closer to U : certain restoration perhaps impossible ; 

 Ka\ ras X^^P"^^ reAeiovs ava$\dffTei oi Kal ras Ke<pa\d.s U ; X^'^P^S 

 Se Te\elovs- kvafiXaffe'i MV ; om. G. 



» Plin, 16. 174 and 175, 

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