# Concerning Odours 172.3

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 172. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/172.3

Θαυμαστὴ δʼ ἡ μεταβολὴ καὶ ἐγγὺς ἀπιστίας· τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοις ἐν μεταβολὴ καὶ ἐγγὺς ἀπιστίας· τοῖς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοις ἐν τῷ δέρματι γίνεται ἡ μεταβολὴ ἀλλοιουμένης τῆς ἐντὸς ὑγρότητος εἴτε αἱματώδους ἢ καί τινος ἄλλης τοιαύτης οὔσης, ὥστε φανερὰν εἶναι τὴν συμπάθειαν. Ἡ δὲ τῶν τριχῶν μεταβολὴ ξηρῶν τε ὄντων καὶ ἀπηρτημέυ νων καὶ ἀθρόον οὐ πεφυκότων ἀλλοιοῦσθαι παράδοξος ἀληθῶς καὶ ἀπίθανος, μάλιστα πρὸς πολλὰ ποικιλλομένη.

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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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