# Enquiry into Plants 3.7-3

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Ε, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/3.7-3

Τὸ δὲ θύον, οἱ δὲ θύαν καλοῦσι, παρ’ Ἄμμωνι τε γίνεται καὶ ἐν τῇ Κυρηναίᾳ, τὴν μὲν μορφὴν ὅμοιον κυπαρίττῳ καὶ τοῖς κλάδοις καὶ τοῖς φύλλοις καὶ τῷ στελέχει καὶ τῷ καρπῷ, μᾶλλον δ’ ὦσπερ κυπάριττος ἀγρία· πολὺ μὲν καὶ ὅπου νῦν ἡ πόλις ἐσ τί, καὶ ἔτι διαμνημονεύουσιν ὀροφάς τινας τῶν ἀρχαίων οὔσας. ἀσαπὲς γὰρ ὅλως τὸ ξύλον οὐλότατον δὲ τὴν ῥίζαν ἐστί· καὶ ἐκ ταύτης τὰ σπουδαιότατα ποιεῖται τῶν ἔργων. τὰ δὲ ἀγάλματα γλύφουσιν ἐκ τῶνδε, κέδρων κυπαρίττου λωτοῦ π ύξου· τὰ δ᾿ ἐλάττω καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐλαίνων ῥιζῶν· ἀρραγεῖς γὰρ αὖται καὶ ὁμαλῶς πως σαρκώδεις. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἰδιότητά τινα τόπων καὶ φύσεως καὶ χρείας ἀποδηλοῖ.

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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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