THEOPHRASTUS 



v(o8€<i elvai pd^hoi^ avev fiaa-'X^aXcov Kol av6^oi<; 

 fiaKpal<i Be Kol 'Ka')(eiai<i iviai*;' — ov firjv dXka 

 KOL i^tjfiepovTai. hiacjiopdv 8e e^^ei rw top 

 Kapirov dnoSiSovaL /3e\.riO) koI fxel^ov to (pvWov 

 K€)(^apayfxevov 6' cificpoiv ofioioTarov to t^9 

 Kkrjdpa'i, ttX^p irXarvTepov koI avro to SivSpov 

 /xei^ov. KapTTLfiooTepov 5' alel <ytveTai kutu- 

 KOTTTopevov Ta9 pd^hov^. <yevri he hvo dficjiolv 

 al fiev yap (TTpoyyvXov at he irpofxaKpov ^epovcrt 

 TO Kdpvov e/cXevKOTepov Se to twv rjp,epo)V. kol 

 KaXXiKapirel fjidXiCTTd y ev T0t9 i(f)v8poi^. e^rj- 

 fxepovTai he to, dypta fieTa(f>VTev6p,eva. <f)Xoibv 

 S' e)(^ei Xeiov iTTiiToXaiov XercTOv Xtirapov ISifoq 

 aTLyp.d<i XevKUf eyovTa ev avTW' to he ^vXov 

 acfiohpa yXla')(^pov, wcrre Kol to, XeTTTo. Trdvv pa^- 

 hia TrepiXorriaavTe'i Kavea ttolovctl, /cat to, Tra^ea 

 he KaTa^vaavTe<;. e%et he Kal evTepLOiinjv XeTTTrjv 

 ^avOrjv, f] KoiXaiveTai. Ihiov 8' avTcov to irepl 

 Tov tovXov, oiairep etTrofiev. 



T/}? he TeppiivOov to piev dppev to he drjXv. to 

 p.ev ovv appev d/capTTov, ht o kuI /caXovaiv dppev 

 TMV he OrfXeiSiV rj piev ipvdpov evdix; (f)epei- Tov 

 Kupirov rjXLKov ^a/cbv direTTTOV, rj he ')(Xo€pov 

 eveyKaaa p-eTa TavTa ipvdpaivei, Kal dpxi Ttf 

 dp,7reXq) ireTraivovaa to ea-'xaTov iroiet p,eXava, 

 p,eye6o<i t'fXiKov Kvap,ov, prjTLVcohr) he Kal Ovco- 

 hidTepov. ecTTi he to hevhpov irepl p,ev ttjv "Ihrjv 

 Kal yiaKehoviav ^pa')(y 6ap,voihe<i eaTpap,p,evov, 

 irepl he ^ap,aaKov t?}? 'Zvpia'i p^eya Kal 'ttoXv 

 Kal KaXov 6po<i ydp tI (fyaaiv elvai Trdp./xea-TOV 



1 cf. a P. 2. 12. 6. 2 cf. Geop. 10. 



3 AeloJ'Conj.W.; irAsov UMVAld. 



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