# Enquiry into Plants 11.2-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Δ, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/11.2-3

Περὶ δὲ τοῦ αὐλητικοῦ τὸ μὲν φύεσθαι δι᾿ ἐννεατηρίδος, ὥσπερ τινές φασι, καὶ ταύτην εἶναι τὴν τάξιν οὐκ ἀληθές, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν ὅλον αὐξηθείσης γίνεται τῆς λίμνης· ὅτι δὲ τοῦτ᾿ ἐδόκει συμβαίνειν ἐν τοῖς πρότερον χρόνοις μάλιστα δι᾿ ἐννεατηρίδος, καὶ τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ καλάμου ταύτην ἐποίουν τὸ συμβεβηκὸς ὡς τάξιν λαμβάνοντες.

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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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