THEOPHRASTUS 



Kal TO, jjbkv yXvKVTrjri hia^epovja ravrd ecrji. 

 (f)veTai Se koX erepov iv Tot9 ekecn koI raU Xl/m- 

 vaa ov avvdinet, rfj yfj, Tr}v fxev ^vaiv 6/jloiov 

 To?9 KpivoL<i, iroXvc^vWorepov he kclI irap^ dWrfKa 

 TO, (ftvXka KaOcLTrep iv Btaroi'x^ia' ')(^pcofia Se %Xft)- 

 pov e')(eL (r(f>68pa. ^^/owvrat 8e ol larpol trpo^ re 

 jd yuvaiKela avTO) koX 7rpo<i rd KaTaypura. 



[Tavra 8e yiveraL iv tS> TTOTap.w el pltj 6 pov<i 

 i^e<f>epev avp./3atvec Se Mare koI drro^epeadai' 

 erepa S' drr avrcov irXelco.] 



'O 8e Kvap.o<i (pverai p,ev iv rol^ eXeai /cal Xip,- 

 vai<i, KavXQ<i he avrov p-rjKO^ p.ev 6 pLUKporaro^ 

 el<i rerrapa<i mq-x^ei^, Trd')(o<i he haKrvXiaio<i, 

 6pbOLO<i he KaXdp,(p p,aXaKa> dyovdra. hia(fivaet<i 

 he evhodev e%6i hi oXov hieiXr}p,p,eva<i opoia<i rot? 

 Kr]p[oL<i' eirl rovra he rj KOihva, irapopboia crcprjKLq) 

 7repi(f)epei, koX iv eKdarro rdv Kvrrdpiov Kvap,o<; 

 p,iKp6v vrrepaipwv avTf]<i, 7rXrj6o<{ he ol irXelaroi 

 rpidKovra. rb he dvdo<i hnrXdaiov rj p.i]Kcovo<i, 

 "Xpaypia he 6p,ovov pohw KaraKope^' iirdvw he rov 

 vharo'i rj Koohva. 7rapa(f)verai he (pvXXa p,eydXa 

 Trap' eKaarov rcov Kvdpuwv, o)v taa rd p.eye6ri 

 irerdaw %erraXLKfi rov avrov e^ovra KavXov r(p 

 rSiv Kvdpiwv. (TVvrpL'\lravrt S' eKaarov r(ji)v Kvd- 

 p,cov (fiavepov ian ro ircKpov avvearpap^p-evov, i^ 



^ Ottelia alismoeides. See Index App. (18). 



2 ravra . . . irXflw conj. W. after Sch.; I have also trans- 

 posed the two sentences, after Sch. The whole passage in [ ] 

 (which is omitted by G) is apparently either an interpolation 

 or defective, ant/j-aivfi. 5e wcrirep kuI anocpfpfcrdar frepa 5e oiTr' 

 avrHv T^ irXela' ravra Se yiverat ey r^ irora^i^- ei /trj 6 ^ovs 

 e^f<pepfv Aid. ; so also U, but avrwv ir\eta>. 



