# Concerning Odours 118.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 118. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/118.1

Fr. 118 Ἦσαν δὲ αἱ τῶν ἀκροποτῶν ἐπιχύσεις, ὥς φησι Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ μέθης, οὖ παλαιαὶ, ἀλλʼ ἦν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς τὸ μὲν σπένδειν ἀποδεδομένον τοῖς θεοῖς, ὁ δὲ κότταβος τοῖς ἐρωμένοις· ἐχρῶντο γὰρ ἐπιμελῶς τῷ κοτταβίζειν ὄντος τοῦ παιγνίου σικελικοῦ. (Athenae. 10, p. 427.)

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Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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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