THEOPHRASTUS avra ra SevBpa,
Stacpepeiv kol ra^ ipyaaia^; ovk
aroiTov, Vevrj Se
tmv
(f)OiVL/c(ov icrrl
irXeico*
irpcorov
jjbev
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a
avUo^ TvpcoTOV (fyepet eirX t^9 (T7rd6rj<;, rj Be OrfKeca Kapirov evOv avT&v Se tmv KapTrSyv Bia^opal TrXeiov^' fjbiKpov. ol [xev yap airvp7]V0i ol Be puaXafcoTrv prfvor ra? oe aAXrjXcov,
')(^pota<;
ol fiev Xev/col
o juev apprjv
ol Be /JbeXav€<; ol Be ^avdoi*
tmv avKMV ovB^ dirXco^; tcl yevT]* Bta(pepetv Be kol KaTa Ta fjieyedrj kol KaTa tcl a')(rjiJbaTa* Kal yap <j(^aLTO
8'
oXov OVK iXaTTco
ft)9
^aaiv
elvat
Kal tcl /xeyedr] TrjXt' TeTTapa^; eh tov tttj^vv elvaiy [eTrra
poeiBel^ eviov<; dxravel
K0VT0v<;
')(^p(OfjbaTd
/ubf/Xa
Kal euTToSof?]* aXXov<; Be jJUKpov^ rjXiKov^ epe^LvOov^, Kal T0L(; ')(vXol^ Be iroXv Bta^epovTa^, J^paTLaTOv Be Kal tmv XevKcov Kal tcov jxeXdvoyv TO ^aaiXiKov KaXovfievov yevo<; ev eKaTepcp Kal jjieyeOei Kal dpeTrj' anrdvia S' elvai TavTa Xeyovar yap ev p^ov(o tw Viay(£>ov KrjTrcp tov (T'xeBov ev K.v7rp(p Be lBlov tc TraXaiov irepl ^a^vX&va. yevo^ (f)OLVLKcov eaTlv o ov TreTravvet tov Kapirov, aW' ft)yL609 MV r)Bv<; acfyoBpa Kal yXvKv^ eaTC ttjv Be yXvKVTTjTa IBlav e'xei, eviou B^ ov fiovov Bta1
2 2
2.
Plin. 13. 39. Trpcorov conj. Sell.; irpcoTos UMYAld. TrrJxv^ conj. R. Const, from Plin. 13. 45.
and G,
cf.
Diod.
53; ardxyi^VMYAld. ^
eTTTo Kal
138
cvTTodovs
UMV:
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