THEOPHRASTUS 



XVII. "Evia Be ISicorepa, KuOairep koI 6 (f)eXX6^' 

 yiverat fxev iv TvpprjvLa, to Se hivhpov earl are- 

 Xe^j^wSe? fxev koI okcyoKkaBov, evjxr^Ke'; 8' i-jneiKM^ 

 Kol €vav^e<i- ^vKov l(T')(yp6v' rov Be (f)\ocov ira^vv 

 a-<p6Bpa Kal Karapprjyvv/xevov, Mcnrep o Trj<i imvo'i, 

 irXrjv Kara yttet^ft). to Be (j)vX\.ov o/jLoiov Tai<i 

 l^ekiai^ 'iTa')(v TrpofxrjKeaTepov' ovk aei<^vWov 

 aXka (pvWo^oXovv. Kapirov Be [alel] (f)epei 

 ^oKavrjpov ofioiov ttj apia. irepiaipova-L Be top 

 ^\oiov Kai (f)acn Betv iravTa a(f)aipetv, el Be fir] 

 ')(e.lpov jiveTUi to BevBpov i^avaTrXripovTat Be 

 irdXiv (TxeBov iv Tpialv eTsaiv. 



"iBiov Be Koi 7] KoXovTea irepl Aiirdpav BevBpov 

 [xev €VfjiejeOe<i, tov Be Kapirov ^epei iv Xo^oi<i 

 rjXiKov (fiUKOv, 09 iriaivei to, irpo^aTa 6av/jia(TTco<i. 

 <f)veTaL Be dirb cr'rrepp.aTO'i koX e'/c t?}? twv irpo^d- 

 Twv Koirpov KaXXiaTa. wpa Be Trj<i ^yreta? afxa 

 * ApKTOvpcp Bvop.iv(p' Bet Be (})VT€veLV 7rpo^pexovra<; 

 OTav yBi] Bia(f)vrjTat iv tw vButc. (f)vXXov S* e^^i 

 irapopiOLov TijXei. ^XaaTavei Be to npcoTov 

 fiovo(j)ve^ iirl ctt] fjudXiaTU Tpia iv ol<; koX Ta<i 

 ^aKTTjpta^ Tefjivovaf BoKOVcrt yap etvai KaXau' 

 Kal idv TL<i KoXovcrr) dirodvija-Kec Kal yap drra- 

 pd^acTTOv iaTiv elra axi'^eTai Kal diroBev- 



BpOVTat TO) T6Ta/3T«i) €Tec. 



» Plin. 16. 34. 



2 Tvpprjvla conj. R. Const.; vuppriviai UMV; irvppvla Aid. 



" alel must be corrupt : probably repeated from ad^vWou. 



^ $a\avr]phv conj. Sell. ; ^aKavr]<popov UMVAld. 



5 hpia conj. R. Const, from G ; ay pia P.^MVAld.; ay plat U. 



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