# Concerning Odours 89.7

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 89. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/89.7

Ἐν δὲ ταῖς χορδαῖς τὸ ἴσον κατὰ θάτερον δῆλον· ὅσῳ γὰρ εὐτονωτέρα ἡ τῆς λεπτοτέρας τάσις τοσῷδε ἡ ἀνεῖσθαι δοκοῦσα παχυτέρα, οὕτω τε ὅσῳ ἰσχυρότερος ὁ ἦχος ἐκ τῆς λεπτοτέρας τοσῷδε βαρύτερος ὁ ἕτερος· ἐκ γὰρ μείζονος ὁ πλείων καὶ τοῦ πέριξ ἦχος. Πῶς γὰρ ἂν σύμφωνοι ἐγίγνοντό τινες φθόγγοι εἰ μὴ ἰσότης ἦν; ἀσύγκριτον γὰρ τὸ πλεονάζον, τὸ γὰρ ὑπέρμετρον ὑπὲρ τὴν μῖξιν διάδηλον γίγνεται. Διὸ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν κρᾶσιν ἰσχυροτέροις τὸ ἀνειμένον πλεῖον ἐπιμίγνυται εἰς τὸ ἰσοδυναμῆσαι·

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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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