THEOPHRASTUS 



rSiv 8' aKXoiv ra clktivu koI tcl avKiva koX 

 TO, T?79 fxr]X€a<; koL ra t^<? hd^v'r}<;. crKXtj- 

 porara Se ra Bpviva koI ra ^vyiva kol ra 

 Ti]<i apia<i' koX yap vnro^pe'xpvat ravTa 7rpo<i 

 TT}v rpvirrjcnv [xaXd^eui^ 'X^dpiv. /xdXaKa 8e 

 Kad' oXov p,€v TO, fiava Kal ')(avva' twv he 

 (lapKwhcbv fxdXiara (fiiXvpa. SoKei 8e Kal 6ep- 

 fjiOTarov elvai rovro' arjfielov Be ort /xaXia-ra 

 d/jL^Xvvei, rd crcSijpia- rrjv <ydp ^acfirjv dvlr]crc Bid 

 rrjv Oep/jLorrjTa. 



4 %epiJLOV Be Kal /ctrro? Kal Bd(pvr] Kal 6Xco<; 

 6^ a)V rd TTvpela jLverar ISAevearcop Be (prjai 

 Kal avKdfjLLVov. y^rvx^poTara Be rd evvBpa Kal 

 vBarcoBr], Kal yXiay^pa Be rd Irelva Kal dp.- 

 TTeXiva, Bl o Kal ra? daTriBa^ eK rovrwv Trotovat' 

 (TVfipvei <ydp TrXtj^evra' Kov^orepov Be ro rr]^ 

 lrea<i, pavorepov ydp, Be o Kal rovrut pbdXXov 

 •X^payvrai. ro Be t?}? rrXardvov yXKy^pdrrira p-ev 

 eyei, cfivcrei Be vyporepov rovro Kal ro rr}<i irre- 

 Xea<i. cnipelov Be ecrriv, pberd rrjv rop^rjv opObv 

 orav (Tradfj, iroXv vBcop dcplrjac. ro Be r'fj<; avKa- 

 piLvov TTVKvov dpa Kal <yXla')(^pov. 



5 "Eo-rt Be Kal dcrrpa^eararov ro t% 7rreXea<;, 

 Bl* Kal rov<; a-rpo^el<} rwv dvpoiv rroiovarc 

 irreXetvovi' edv ydp ovroi pbivcoai, Kal at dvpai 

 pevovaiv darpa^el<i, el Be prj, Biaarp€(j>ovrai. 

 rroLovat S' avrov<; epLiraXiv ri9evr€<i rd ^vXa ro 

 re drro rr]<; pl^T]^ Kal ro diro rov (pvXXov 



^ viru^pexouai cuiij. Harduiii from Plin. 16. 207 ; awoPpiOovai 

 Ald.H. ; airo/Spf'xoiKri mBas. , 



■■' cf. 5. 5. 1, which, referring to this passage, hardly* agrees 

 with it as now read. 



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