THEOPHRASTUS 



evOea koX to, Xela' hel yap &>? irvKvorara avv- 

 delvaL irpo'i ttjv KardiTVL^LV. orav 8e jrepi,- 

 aKeiy^coaL rrjv Kapavov, i^dirrovat irapd puepof 

 '7TapaKevrovvTe<i o^eKicTKOL'^. eh puev ttjv dvOpa- 

 Kidv rd TOiavra ^rjTOvcn. 



Ava/cuTTva 8e tc5 jevet p,ev oXo)? rd vypd' Koi 

 Tft ')(\(opd Bid TOVTO hvcTKairva. Xeyco Be rd uypd 

 Ta eXeia, olov rrXdravov Ireav XevKr/v aiyeipov 

 eVel Kol 7] a/x7re\o? ore vypd BvaKairvo'^. eK Be 

 rrj<i IBla^ (jbucreo)? 6 (f)olvi^, ov Br) koi p,dXc(xrd 

 ru>e<i vTreiXrjcjiaa-L BvaKairvov 69ev koi X.aip7]p,cov 

 e-TTOLTjae " rod re BvaKarrvordrov ^oiviKO<i e'/c 7179 



6 pi^o(fioir7]rov(i 0\e/3a9." Bpip.vraro<i Be 6 Kairvo^ 

 (7VK7]<i Kol ipiveov Kol et ri dXXo ovrcoSe?* airia 

 Be r) vyp6r7]<;' (^XoiaOevra Be Kol diro^pex^^vra 

 ev vBarc irrcppvrq) Kal perd ravra ^rjpavOevra 

 irdvrcov dKarrvbrara Koi (pXoya pbaXaKcordrrjv 

 dvlrjaiv, are Kal rr}? ol/ceia'i vyp6rrjro<; e^r]pr]p,evr]<;. 

 Bpip,ela Be Kal t] re(j)pa Kal ?; Kovla rj a??' avrwv. 

 pbdXiara Be (j)aat rrjv diro rrj'i dptvyBaXrj^;. 



6 IT/)09 Br) rd'i KapiiVLa<i Kal rd<i dXXa<i re)(ya^ 

 dXXr) dXXoL<i 'X^prjalp^r). ep,7rupeveaOai Be dpiara 

 crvKrj Kal iXda- avKr) p,ev, on yXla'^^pov re Kal 

 pavov, ioare eXKet re Kal ov Bietaiv iXda Be, ore 

 TTVKVov Kal Xiirapov. 



^ \uo. conj. Seal, from G ; via Aid. 



^ With sods. c/. Plin., ^.c, who seems to have had a fuller 

 text. 



' An Athenian tragic poet. Seal, restores the quotation 



470 



