# Enquiry into Plants 17.4-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/17.4-2

Ὅτι δὲ καὶ τὸ ἔθος ἰσχυρὸν φανερὸν ἐκ πολλῶν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ἀψίνθιον τὰ μὲν ἐνταῦθα πρόβατα οὔ φασί τινες νέμεσθαι, τὰ δ᾿ ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ νέμεται καὶ γίνεται πιότερα καὶ καλλίω καί, ὡς δή τινες λέγουσιν, οὐκ ἔχοντα χολήν. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ταῦτα μὲν ἑτέρας ἄν τινος εἴη θεωρίας.

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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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