# Concerning Odours 30.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/30.1

Fr. 30 Θ. μέντοι φησὶ τοὺς γένεσιν καὶ φθορὰν τοῦ κόσμου κατηγοροῦντας ὑπὸ τεττάρων ἀπατηθῆναι τῶν μεγίστων, γῆς ἀνωμαλίας, θαλάττης ἀναχωρήσεως, ἑκάστου τῶν τοῦ ὅλου μερῶν διαλύσεως χερσαίων φθορᾶς κατὰ γένη ζώων. Κατασκευάζειν δὲ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον οὕτως· εἰ μὴ γενέσεως ἀρχὴν ἔλαβεν ἡ γῆ, μέρος ὑπανεστὼς οὐδὲν ἂν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ἑωρᾶτο· χθαμαλὰ δʼ ἤδη τὰ ὄρη πάντα ἐγεγένητο καὶ οἱ γεωλόφοι πάντες ἰσόπεδοι τῇ πεδιάδι·

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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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