THEOPHRASTUS 



fiepr] TToWov<;. koI ravra fiev ev BevBpov 



(f)vaei. 

 9 <l>epet Be koX (nripfiara iBia, ra jxev roh 

 XeBpo7rot<i o/jLoia ra Be rot<; 7rvpoL<; koI rat? 

 Kpii9al<;. €pe^iv0o<i jxev yap /cat (f)aKo<i koI rhWa 

 ra Trap^ rjfitv ov/c ecrriv' erepa S' iarlv ware 

 7rapa7r\i]aca Troielv ra €'\ln]p,ara Kal pbrj Bia- 

 yiyvcocTKeLv, a><i (paa-iv, av [mtj ra aKOvarj. KpcOal 

 Be Kal TTvpol Kal aWo re yevo<i aypLwv Kpi6a)v, 

 e^ Qiv Kal dproi r)Bei<i Kal ')(pvBpo<; Ka\6<;. ravra^ 

 01 iTTTTot icrdiovret rb rrpoirov Bie^deipovro, Kara 

 p,CKpov Be ovv i0ia6evre<} ev a')(ypoi<i ovBev 

 eTraa^oi'. 



10 M.d\c(Tra Be cnreipovac rb KaXovfievov opv^ov, 

 i^ 01) TO e^^r^fia. rovro Be 6p,oiov rfj ^eta Kal 

 TrepLTrria-Oev olov 'XpvBpo'i evireirrov Be, rrjv oyp^tv 

 7re(f>VK6^ 6p,oiov ral<i alpai^ Kal rcV ttoXvv xpovop 

 ev vBart, airoxelrai Be ovk elf ard-)(yv aXK olov 

 ^o^rjv, cocnrep b Keyxpo<; Kal b eXy/io?. dWo Be 

 eKoXovv at "^W7]ve<i (^aKov rovro Be op-oiov 

 fiev rfj O'y^ei Kal rb ^ovKepa<;, Oepi^erai Be irepl 

 HXeidBo<i Bvaiv. 



11 Aia(f>epei Be Kal avrrj r] X(t>pa rw rrjV p,ev 

 (f)epeiv evia rrjv Be p,r] (pepeiv rj yap bpecvr) Kal 

 dp^rreXov e^ei Kal eXdav Kal rd dXXa aKpoBpva' 

 7r\r]v aKapirov rrjV iXdav, Kal a^^Bbv Kal rrjv 

 <f>vaiv wcTTrep fiera^v Korivov Kal €\da<i earl Kal 



^ cf. 8. 4. 2. whence it appears that the original text here 

 contained a fuller account. Plin. 18. 71. 



^ Sorghum halepoise. ^ Sc. of Alexander. 



* The verb seems to have dropped out (W.). 



