THEOPHRASTUS 



7} he i\da 8ta rb aei<pv\Xov varepov ocrai fiev ovv 

 av (f>vWo/3o\7]acoaiv ava^KoaKOvrac TrdXcv, oaai 

 8' av fXT) reX6Q)<; aTroWuvrai. Trap* evLOi<i 8i rive<i 

 dTTOKavdelaai koL rcov (^vWoov avavdevrtov dve- 

 /SXacTTrjaav irdXip dvev tov diro^aXelv koX to, 

 (f)vXXa dve^iwcrev. ivtaxov he koX 7roXXdKi<; 

 TOVTO (Tv/x^alvei, KuOdirep koI ev ^iXliTTroi'i. 



Td 8' CKTrayevTa, orav firj reXe(o<; uTToXrjrac, 

 rd'^icTTa dva^Xacrrdvet, oWre ev6v<i rrjv dpi/ireXov 

 Kap'7TO(popelv, wairep ev SerTaXia. ev Be r& 

 HovTcp Trepl UavTi/cdTvaiov at /xev e/CTnj^ei'i 

 'ylvovrai SL)(^o)<i, ore fiev inro yjrv'X^ov'; edv ■)(^eipiepiov 

 fi TO eTO<i, ore he vtto vrdycov idv <ye ttoXvv ')(p6vov 

 hLa/jiivcocTi. d/ii(f)6repa he fidXicxTa yiyvovrat 

 ixerd Tpoird'i Trepl ra? reTrapaKOVTa. <yivovrai 

 he 01 fjbev ird'yoi Tal<i aWplaL<i, ra he '^VXV /J'dXiara 

 v(f)^ oov 7] eKTT7]^i<i orav aldp[a<; ovar}'; al Xeirthe^ 

 KaruipepoyvTai,. ravra S' earlv wcnrep id ^ucryLtara 

 TrXrjv TrXarvrepa, koL (jiepofieva ^avepd ireaovra 

 he ov hca/jievei' irepl he rrjv ^pa.K'qv eKTn']'yvvvrai. 



'AXXa <ydp al fiev voaoi iroaai re Kal irolai Kal 

 rive<i yivovrat Kal ttoXiv al hi' v7rep^oX7]v 

 ■X^eifi(ovo<; rj Kav/xdrcov <f)6opal Kal al hid irvev- 

 fidrcov '\}rvxporr)Ta rj depfiorrjra hid rovrojv 

 dewpeladwaav wv evla^ ovdev dv kooXvoi Kal TOi? 

 ayptoiii elvai Koivd<; Kal Kard Tr)V oXrjv tmv 

 hevhpcov (fiOopdv Kal en /jidXXov Kard ttjv tcov 

 KaprroiV' o Kal av/x^aivov opM/jiev ovk evKapirel 



] Plin. 17. 233. 



^ 6Kira76VTa conj. iSch. ; iK-nXayivTaVi ; (Kir\r\y€vra 

 '' eav 76 conj. Sch.; iav Se U; tav ir. %• S. 76 Aid. 



402 



Aid. 



