THEOPHRASTUS 



S' eodieaOat TcpySovt ttXtjv kotIvov koX iXdw;- 

 TO, 5e ov, Std TYjv TTLKpoTTjTa. iadLeTciL he ra p,kv 

 ev TJj doKoLTTr] arjTTOfieva viro reprjSovo^;, rd S" iv 

 rfj yfj VTTO aKwXrjKwv /cat vtto dpiiroiv ov <ydp 

 ycverai TeprjBoiyv aXX rj iv rfj daXdrrrj. ecrri 8e 

 i) reprjScbv Tft) fxev fxejedei fxiKpov, K6(f>aXr)V S' e%et 



6 /j,€<yd\t]v Koi oSovra^' ol Se dpiire'i ofioiot rot? 

 aKcoXyj^tv, vcji'' mv Ti-Tpaiverai. Kara p,tKpbv rd 

 ^vXa. Kol ecTTi ravra evtara' TriTTOKOTrrjdevTa 

 yap orav eh rrjv ddXarrav kXKvaOfj areyer rd 

 8e VTTO roiv reprjhovwv dvtara. tmv Be aKwXrjKwv 

 Tcbv iv rol<i ^vXot<i ol pev elcnv iK t?}9 oiKeia^ 

 (Tr)y^eo3<i, ol S' ivTiKTovrcov erepoov ivTiKrei ydp, 

 axTTrep koi rolf; SevSpoif, 6 Kepdarri<i KaXovpevo'i, 

 orav Ttrpdvrj kuI KotXdvr) 7repiaTpa<f)el<i oocnrepel 

 p,voh6')(ov. cf)€vyet 8e rd re oapbwhr] koI iriKpd koi 

 a/cXrjpu Bid TO prj hvvaaOai riTpdvai, Kaddirep 



6 rrjv TTv^ov. (f)aal Be koX rrjv eXdrrjv (fjXoiaOelcrav 

 VTTO ri]V ^Xdarrjaiv daairrj Biapevetv iv rw vButi' 

 (pavepov Be yeveadai iv ^eveS> rr)? ^ApKaBia<;, ore 

 avT0L<i iXifivcodr] to ireBlov (f)pa')(d€VTO<; tov /Bepe- 

 dpov Tore ydp ra? ye(pvpa<; 7roiovvTe<i iXaTLva<i 

 Kai, OTav iirava^alvrj to vBcop, dXXijv Kol aXXrjv 

 i(f)t(7TdvTe<i, 609 ippdyt] koI dirrfxde, irdvTU evpe- 

 dijvai rd ^vXa daarrrj. tovto fxev ovv iK avp- 



TTTCO/AaTO?. 



1 Plin. 16. 220 and 221. 



^ rtrpaiverai con j. Seal, f rom Gr ; rtrpf vera* UVo. ; irciraiyfTai 

 MVAld. » c/ 4. 14. 5. 



* dxnrepc-i jiiuoS^x"*' conj. W. ; &airep ol p.v6xo^oi MSS. ; G 

 omits. The word tJLvoh6xos does not occur elsewhere as a 

 subst. 



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