THEOPHRASTUS 



elu)6a<7L ScaTpL^eiv. elal 8e at pt^ac ^vo/ubevat 

 SidSrjXot 7rpo<; tov? ^Xaarrovs' XevKorepat yap 

 Kal Bacrelat koX crKoXial Kol d<f)vWoi. e%ef Se 

 KOI Tr}V avco Kop.rjv ttoXXtjv, koI to oXov 8evBpov 

 evKVKXov KoX Tft) p,ejed€L /xeya a(f)6Spa' Kal yap 

 cttI Bvo CTTaSia iroieZv (pacn rrjv aKidv Kal to 

 'jrd')(o<i Tov areXi-^ovi evia TrXeiovwv rj k^rjKovra 

 ^ripbaTcov, TO, Se ttoWo, rerrapaKovra. to Si ye 

 (f)vWov ovK eXarrov e%ei ireXrr}^, KapTTov Be 

 a(f)68pa p,iKpov tjXIkov ipi/Sivdov 6p,oLov he avKcti' 

 BC o Kal eKoXovv avro ol "}LXXr]V€<i avKrjv oXiyov 

 Be Oavp,aaTa)<i tov Kapirov ov^ oti kuto, to tov 

 BevBpov peyeOo<; dX\d Kal to oXov. (pveTac Be 

 Kal to BevBpov nrepl tov ^AKecrlvrjv TroTapov. 

 6 "Eo-rt Be Kal erepov BevBpov Kal tm peyeOet 

 pukya Kal rjBvKapTTOV OavpaaT&<; Kal p,eyaX6- 

 KapTTOv Kal '^pcbvTai Tpo(j)T} TOiv ^IvBwv ol ao^ol 

 Kal p,r} dp,7re-^6p,evoi,. 



"^Tepov Be ov to cpvXXov tyjv p,ev p,op<pT)v 

 'irp6p.rjKe<i Tot? twv aTpovdoiv TTTC/Joi? opoiov, a 

 irapaTidevTai, irapa to, Kpdvr}, p.rjK0<i Be 0)9 

 Bi'nri')(yalov. 



"AXXo Te iaTLV ov 6 Kapno^ paKp6<; Kal ovk 

 ev9v<i dXXa aKo\t6<; ia6i6p.evo<i Be y'XvKv<;. ovTo<i 

 iv T7J KoCXia Brjyp^ov ip.irotel Kal BvcrevTeplav, Bi 

 o ^A'Xe^avBpo'i uTreKTJpv^e prj eaOleLV. ecTTi Be 

 Kal eTepov ov 6 Kapiro'i op.oio<; Tot9 Kpaveoi<;. 



i oSconj. W.; aTs UMVAld. 



2 &<pv\\oi conj. Ualec; SifvWoi UVAld. ; so also MH., 

 omitting koI. 



^ i^^Kovra . . . TerrapaKovra MSS. ; e| . . . TeTrdpwv conj. 

 Salm. c/. Plin. I.e.; Strabo 15. 1, 21. 



