# Concerning Odours 171.7

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 171. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/171.7

Οἱ δʼ ὀρυκτοὶ τῶν ἰχθύων - εἰσὶ γὰρ ἐνιαχοῦ καὶ τοιοῦτοι καθάπερ καὶ περὶ Ἡράκλειαν καὶ ἄλλοθι τῶν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ - γίνονται μὲν καὶ παρὰ τοὺς ποταμοὺς καὶ τὰ ἔνυδρα χωράφια. Συμβαίνει δʼ ἀναξηραινομένων τούτων ἐγκαταλειπομένους κατὰ μικρὸν συστέλλεσθαι καὶ διώκοντας τὴν ὑγρότητα δύεσθαι κατὰ τῆς γῆς, εἶτα καταξηραινομένης διαμένειν, ἐν τῇ ἰκμάδι καθαπερανεὶ ταριχευομένους, ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὥσπερ τοὺς ἐν ταῖς φωλείαις διαρκοῦντας· ὅταν δʼ ἀνασκάπτωνται τότε κινεῖσθαι.

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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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