THEOPHRASTUS 



SivBpov ovSev (pverai irXrjv t^9 aKavOr^^ rrj<i 

 Bi-\jrd8o<; Ka\ovfj,evr]<f airavia he kol avrrj 8ia ra 

 Kav/xara kol ttjv avvhpiav ov)( vec yap aXX.' rj 

 Si' iroov reTrdpcov rj irevre koX rore Xd^pco'i kol 

 iir oXijov ^pwoi/. 



2 'Ei/ 8e rfj OaXaTTT) (pverai, KoXovai 8' avrd 

 8d(f)vriv KoX i\dav. ecrxi he rj fiev Sd(f)vr) o/xota 

 rff dpia 7] he iXda <Tfi e\da> ro) (pyXXw' Kapirov 

 he 'ix^i' V iXda irapaTrXijcriov rat? e\dai<i' d^irjai. 

 he fcal hdKpvov, e^ ov ol larpol <j)dpixaKov evaipov 

 crvvTideaaiv o ycverai a(f>6hpa dyadov. orav he 

 vhara vrXetft) yevqi-ai, p.vKrjre<i (pvovrai 7r/)09 tj] 

 daXdrrr] Kard Tcva roirov, ovrot he diroXidovvrai 

 VTTO Tov rjXtov. 7) he ddXarra drjpicohrjf irXet- 

 arov; he e')(^et tou? Kap-^apia'i, cocrre prj elvai 

 KoXvp,^r}(Tai. 



'Ev he T(p KoXirw rw KaXovjxevw 'Hpcocov, e</>' ov 

 Kara^aivovaiv ol e^ Alyvinov, <pveTai fiev hd^vr] 

 T€ Koi eXda kol 6vp.ov, ov /jLtjv ')(Xo}pd ye dXXa 

 XidoeLhrj ra virepexovra rri<; OaXdrrrj^;, 6/J.oia he 

 Koi Tot<i ^vXXoi<i Kol Tol<i ^Xa<noL<i roi<; ')(Xa)pot<i. 

 iv he Ta> 6vp.(p koI to tov dvdov<i ^^pw/za hcdhr/Xov 

 wadv prjiTO) reXeoyi i^rjvOr^KO'i. fJLrjKr) he ra)V 

 hevhpv(f)icov oaov eh rpeh irrjxei'i. 



3 01 he, ore avdnXovi rjv tmv e^ ^Ivhcov aTroara- 

 Xevrcov viro ^AXe^dvhpov, rd ev t^ OaXdrrj] 

 (f)v6fieva, P'^xpi' ov p,€v av r) ev tw vypw, ^/jW/ua 

 ^aaiv exeiv opoiov Tot<i (f>vKiot<i, ottotuv S' e^- 



1 cf. Strabo 16. 1. 147. ^ gge Index. 



^ The name of a tree seems to have dropped out : I have 

 inserted tt? 4\da : cf. rais i\dais below. Bretzl suggests ISea. 

 for apl^. 



