# De Fluviis 4-4

Pseudo-Plutarch, De Fluviis, VII. ΠΑΚΤΩΛΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-plutarch/de-fluviis/4-4

4. Γεννᾶται δὲ βοτάνη πορφυράνθεμος, καλουμένη χρυσοπόλη· πρὸς αὐτὴν γὰρ αἱ ἀστυγείτονες πόλεις τὸν ἀκέραιον χρυσὸν δοκιμάζουσιν. Ἅμα γὰρ αὐτὸν χωνευθῆναι βάπτουσι τὴν βοτάνην· καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ἀνόδευτον τὸ χρυσίον ᾖ, τὰ φύλλα χρυ σοῦται· ἐὰν δʼ ἐφθαρμένον ὑπάρχῃ, τὴν ἠλλαγμένην ὑγρασίαν ἀποπτύει, καὶ διατηρεῖ τῆς ὔλης τὴν οὐσίαν, καθὼς ἱστορεῖ Χρύσερμος ἐν γ περὶ Ποταμῶν.

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Pseudo-Plutarch, De Fluviis, ed. Carolus Müllerus. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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