# Concerning Odours 83.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 83. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/83.1

Fr. 83 Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ κολακείας φησὶν ὡς Μύρτις μύστης ὁ Ἀργεῖος Κλεώνυμον τὸν χορευτὴν ἅμα καὶ κόλακα προσκαθίζοντα πολλάκις αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς συνδικάζουσι, βουλόμενον δὲ καὶ μετὰ τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν ἐνδόξων ὁρᾶσθαι, λαβόμενος, τοῦ ὠτὸς καὶ ἕλκων αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ συνεδρίου πολλῶν παρόντων εἶπεν, Οὐ χορεύσει ἐνθάδε οὐδʼ ἁμῶν ἀκούσει. (Athenae. 6, p. 254.)

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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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