THEOPHRASTUS 



<yap ovS' eKclva 7roWdKi<;, aX)C ov')(^ 6fjLOL(o<; olfiai 

 TrapaTeTTjprjrai,. 



XV. AoiTTov B' eliTelv ocra Trapaipovfievcov 

 rivoov fjLop[o)V aTToXkvTat. koivtj jxev 8r) Truer i 

 (fidopa Tov (j}\oiou irepiaipeOevTo^ kvkXo)' Trap 

 yap 0)9 elTrelv oyTco? airoWvaOac 8ok€C 7r\r)v 

 avhpd')(\r)' Kol avrr) 8e idv Ti9 rrjv adpKa (xcpoSpa 

 TTLear) koX tov pueWovra ^Xacrrov SiaKo-^frr)' 7r\'r]V 

 el dpa (f)eWov' tovtov ydp ^acn koI evadeveiv 

 pbdWov TrepiatpovfjLevov SfjXov on, tov e^co koI 

 TOV KaTW 7rpo<i TTj crapKL, KaOdirep koI T7]<; dvBpd- 

 X^V*- eVet Kol TOV Kcpdaov TrepiaipetTai koI 

 T?;9 dfiireXov koI tt}'? (f)t\vpa<;, e^ ov to, a')(oi,via, 

 fcal p^akd^rjq twv iXuTTOvcov, aXA,' ou% o Kvpio<i 

 ovS" 6 rrpSiTO^, dXyC o eTTiTToXrj'i, 09 Kal avTO/xaTO^; 

 ivLOTe ttTTOTTtTTTet 8ia TTjV V7r6(f)v(7iv duTepov. 



K.al jap (fiXoioppayrj evia twv hevhpwv icniv, 

 wcTirep Kal r) avSpd'^Xr) Kal 77 irXaTavd. ft)9 8e 

 TiP€<; oiovTat, irdXiv vTro^yerat 1^609, o he e^cnOev 

 diro^ripaiveTai Kal prjyvvTai Kal avT6fMaT0<i 

 aTTOTTtTTTet TToXkoiV, dXX 0V')(^ 6fio(,(o<; eTTiSijXo'i. 

 (fyOelpovTai p,ev ovv, C09 otovTat, irdvTa Trepiatpov- 

 fievov, Sta(j>epeL 8e Ta> daTTOv kuI ^paBvTepov Kal 



^ Plin. 17. 234; cf. C.P. 5. 15. 1. 



2 cf. 1. 5. 2. 



" P\aarhv conj. Sch. from 6 ; Kapirhu UAld.H. 



•* Plin. 17. 234-236. 



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