• THEOPHRASTUS 



/cwSe?, Bi Kol avWeyovcnv ol iarpoi. yiveTai 

 8e €K TavTrj<; koI to Koixfir koI peei koI ttXt)- 

 yela-r]^ kol avTOfiarov avev o-^ao-eco?. orav Be 

 KOTrfj, fiera Tpirov eTO<; €vdv<; dva^e^daTTjKe' 

 TToXv Be TO BevBpov ea-Ti, Kal BpvfjLoi; p,€ya<; irepX 

 Tov ©Tj^aiKov vo/jLov, ovirep Kal rj Bpv<i Kal rj 

 irepcrea TrXeiarrj Kal rj ekda. 

 9 Kat <ydp rj i\da irepl tovtov tov tottov ecnl, 

 T(p TTorajJiw fxev ovk dpBevopevrj, irkelw yap rj 

 rpiaKocria ardBia direyei, vap.aTLaioi'^ S' vBacnv 

 elcrl yap Kprjvai iroWai. ro S' eXacov ovBev 

 ')(elpov Tov ivddBe, ttXtjv KaKcoBearepov Bid to 

 (T7raviot<i Tol<i dXal 'X^prjaBar (fjvaec Be to ^vXov 

 TOV BepBpov Kal aKXrjpov Kal TrapaTrXrjcnov 

 refxvofJ.evov rrjv X/aoai/ rm XcoTivo). 



10 "AXXo Be Ti BevBpov rj KOKKvprjXea, fieya /lep 

 ra> [xeyWei Kal rrjv (pvcriv rou Kapirov ofioiov toi<; 

 fiecnrlXois, Kal to p,eyedo<i irapairXricriov TrXrjv 

 e^ovTa TTvprjva (TTpoyyvXov dp')(^€Tai Be dvOelv 

 fi7jvo<i liIvaveyln(t)vo<;, tov Be Kapirov TreTraivei irepl 

 rfXiov Tpoird'i 'x^eipLepcvd'i' dei(f)vXXov S' icrTLV. 

 ol Be irepl ttjv Sr]0aiBa KaTOtKovvTe<i Bid Trjv 

 d^Oovtav TOV BevBpov ^rjpaivovcn tov Kapirov Kal 

 TOV irvprjva i^aipovvTC^ koittovcv Kal iroiovai 

 7raXd0a<i. 



11 "TXrjpa Be iBiov ti (pveTai irepl M.efi(f)iv, ov 

 KaTa (f)vXXa Kal ^XaaT0v<i Kal Trjv oXrjv fiop<f)rjv 



1 cf. Hdt. I.e. 



^ ax'^'^^'os conj. U. Const.; ffxlffeus Aid. 



3 TTAf/ffTT? conj. R. Const.; irAe/trij UMVAld, 



■' cf. G.P. 6. 8. 7, where this olive is said to produce no oil. 



« c/. Strabo, 17. 1. 35. 



300 



