THEOPHRASTUS 



vS(op l3o^/3vKiav. rrjv fxev ovv fyeveaiv elvai 

 TOiavTrjv. 



4 ^ia(^ep€LV he tmv aWwv KoXdfMcov w? Kad^ 6\ov 

 Xa^elv evTpo(jila tlvI t^9 (pvcrea'i' evirKT^Oearepov 

 yap elvat kol evaapKorepov koI 6X(o<i Se drjXvv ttj 

 Trpocroyfrei. koX yap to (pvWov irXarvTepov '^^(eiv 

 Kal XevKorepov rrjv Se dvOijXtjv iXaTTco t5>v 

 dXXcov, Tivd<i 8e oXw? ovk e^eiv, 01)9 kuI irpocr- 

 ayopevovcnv evvov)(ia<i' i^ oiv dpiara fiev (^acri 

 TLve^ yiveaOai rd ^evyrj, KuropOovv Be oXiya 

 irapd Trjv epyatJiav. 



T^v he TOfMrjv wpalav elvat irpo ^AvTcyeviSov 

 fjuev, rjVLK rjvXovv dirXdcnw';, vtt' "ApKTOvpov Bo^;- 

 Spofii,MVO<i jjbrjvo^' rov yap ovrw jfjurjOevra av)(yol<; 

 fiev erea-iv vcrrepov ylveaOat ^prjcri/xov Kal irpo- 

 KaTavXTJ(Teco<i hetcrdat ttoXX?}?, cru/jLfiveiv he to 

 aTOfia TMV yXcoTTWv, o 7rpo9 rrjv SiaKTrjpCav elvat 



5 '^pyjcrifiov. iirel Be eh ttjv irXdatv fieTe^rjaav, Kal 

 r) TOfjbr] p,eTeKivi]6'T)' Tefivovai yap Brj vvv tov 

 'ZKippo<popi(ovo<i Kal 'FtKaTOfi^aiMVO'i wairep irpo 

 TpoTTMV [xiKpov Tj VTTO Tpo7rd<;. yiveaOai Be <paai 

 Tpievov Te yjpt)(Jniov Kal KaTavXrj(Tea><i /S/aa^eta? 



^ fioix&vKiav. In one kind of pipe the pei-former blew, not 

 directly on to the 'reed,' but into a cap in which it was 

 enclosed ; this cap, from the resemblance in shape to a 

 cocoon, was called ^S/x^v^. 



'^ fhai add. W. 



3 Plin. 16. 169-172. * September. 



^ i.e. between the free end of the vibrating 'tongue' and 



