# Enquiry into Plants 10.4-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/10.4-6

Ἄριστος δὲ πάντων καὶ τούτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὁ Οἰταῖος. ὁ δὲ Παρνάσιος καὶ ὁ Αἰτωλικός, γίνεται γὰρ καὶ ἐνταῦθα καὶ πολλοὶ καὶ ὠνοῦνται καὶ πωλοῦσιν οὐκ εἰδότες, σκληροὶ καὶ ἄγαν περισκελεῖς. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὅμοια ταῖς μορφαῖς ὄντα ταῖς δυνάμεσι διαφέροντα. Καλοῦσι δὲ τὸν μέλανά τινες ἔκτομον Μελαμπόδιον, ὡς ἐκείνου πρῶτον τεμόντος καὶ ἀνευρόντος. καθαίρουσι δὲ καὶ οἰκίας αὐτῷ καὶ πρόβατα συνεπᾴδοντές τινα ἐπῳδὴν καὶ εἰς ἄλλα δὲ πλείω χρῶνται.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. 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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