THEOPHRASTUS 



eoiKC (j>€peiv 6 TOTTOf eV 'PTjy la) yovi' a<; Aiovvawi 

 'iTpeaj3vTepo<; 6 rvpavvo<; icpvrevcrev iv reS Trapa- 

 Sei(T(p, ai elai vvv iv t& yvfivaa-lo), (f)i\oTtfi'r)deLcrai 

 ov 8eSvv7]vrac Xa^elv p.k'yedo'i. 



'ISiVioi 8e TrXevarTjv e')(pvcn irXdravov, ot he 

 TrreXeav koX Iriav, oi he fjbvpiKrjv, wairep 6 Klp,o<;. 

 ware to, jxev roiavra, Kaddirep iXe^OV' '^^v tottwv 

 cSia Oereov ofioico^ ev re to 49 dypioi^ koX to?? 

 r)fjbepoi<;. ov /xrjv aXXa rd'X^ av etif) Kol rovTwv 

 eVi Tivcov Mcrre Bia/coafxrjOevTcov hvvacrdai rrjv 

 ')(^u>pav (pepeiv, kol vvv ^vp,^aivov opco/iiev koX 

 eirl ^(jtiwv evccov koX <^vjoiv. 



VI, M.ejlarrjv Se Sta(popav avTrj<i rrj<; (f)va€Ci)<; 

 Twv BevBpcov KOL aTrXeo? tcov vXTj/xaTcov vttoXt)- 

 tneov f]v KoX -wporepov etiroixev, on ra fiev eyyaia 

 ra S' evvSpa Tvy)(^dvei, KaOdirep tmv ^cocov, kuI tmv 

 cfiVTcbv ov fjiovov ev Tot<i eXeai kol Tal<i Xt/jLvaa 

 Kol Toh TTOja/jioU yap dXXd koX ev rrj daXdrTrj 

 ipverai kol vXrj/jLara evia ev re rfj e^ca koI SevSpa' 

 iv p,ev yap rfj irepl rjfxa<; fiiKpa Trdvra ra (pvofieva, 

 /cat ovSev virepe'^ov q)<; elirelv t^? daXdrrij^' ev 

 ifceCvr] Se kuI ra roiavra koI virepexovra, Kal 

 erepa he /jbeL^o) hevhpa. 



Ta fiev ovv Trepl r)jxa^ eari rdhe' ^avepoorara 

 fxev Kol KOLvdrara irdaiv ro re (f)VKo<? Kal to 

 fipvov Kal oaa dXXa roiavra- (pavepcorara he Kal 



^ <piXoTi/j.T]6e7aat conj. St. ; (piKoTifiridels MSS ; Plin. 12. 7. 

 "* eaKaTT7\s conj. Seal, from G ; iKarris Ald.H. 



