THEOPHRASTUS 



7 MeyaXa Se ^vfi^aWerat, kclL to, rpavfxara koX 

 at TrXrjyal tmv Treptcr/caTrTOVTCov et? to fjurj (jiipeiv 

 ra<; pLerafto\a<i rj Kavjxarrwv ■Pj '^(eificovcov aadev€<i 

 •yap ov Sia rrjv eXKoxriv koI rov irovov ev-)(^e(.p(o- 

 TOTUTOV iarc ral<i virepjBoXal^. a-)(^e86v Si, oi? Tfi/e? 

 oiovrai, TO, irketa-ra tmv vocrrjfidTcov airo TrXrfyrj'i 

 jLveTar koI yap to, aaTpo^XrjTa KaXovfieva Koi 

 TO, (T(f)aK€\i^ovTa Bia to aTro TavTr](; elvat twv 

 pi^Mv Tov TTovov, oXovTai h\ Kul 8vo TavTa<i elvai 

 fjLova<; v6(Tov<i' ov firjv aWa touto y ovk dyav 

 6/jioXoyovfiev6v iaTi. 



[TldvTwv S' dcrOevio-TaTOV r] /ji,r}\ea 77 r/pivrj koX 

 TovTwv 77 y\vKela.^^ 



8 "Et'iat he 7rrjp(0(rec<{ ovk eh (pOopdv yivovTai 

 o\(op dX}C €69 aKapiriav' olov edv rt? T7}9 TrtTfo? 

 d(f)e\r] TO d/cpov rj tov (f)0iviK0<;, d/capTra ytveadac 

 d/ji,(f)(o BoKel Kal ov^ o\(o<i dvaipelcrdai. 



VivovTat he v6<jol koi TOiv Kapiroiv uvtmv, edv 

 p,rj KUTa Kaipov Ta nvev/xaTa koI rd ovpdvia 

 yevrjTaf crv/n^aivei yap oTe /xev diro^dWetv 

 yevofxevcov r) firj yevop-evcov vhaTwv, olov Ta^ avKd<i, 

 OTe Be ■)(^eipov<; ylveadai a7]7rofievov<i Kal KaTawvtyo- 

 jjuevovi Tj TrdXiv dva^r)patvop.evov<; irapd to heov. 

 XGipLirrov he edv diravdova-'i tktlv e<pvcrj], Kaddnrep 

 eXda Kal dp,7reXa)' avvaTroppet ydp 6 Kapiro^ hi 

 dcrdeveiav. 



1 Plin. 17. 227. 



^ evx^^p^Tirarov conj. W. after Lobeck ; evxetpCTarov Aid. 



^ TTouov conj. H. from G ; ronov MVAld. 



* This sentence is clearly out of place : the plural rovroov 

 has nothing to refer to. cf. 4. 13. 2. It is represented how- 

 ever by Plin. l. c. 



