# Enquiry into Plants 4.8-5

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, I, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.8-5

Γίνεσθαι δὲ ἀμφότερα ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ· τὴν δὲ γῆν ὑπάργιλον καὶ πλακώδη, καὶ ὕδατα πηγαῖα σπάνια. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὑπεναντία τῷ νίφεσθαι καὶ ὕεσθαι καὶ ποταμοὺς ἐξιέναι· τὸ δὲ παρόμοιον εἶναι τὸ δένδρον τῇ τερμίνθῳ καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς λέγουσιν, οἱ δὲ καὶ ὅλως τέρμινθον εἶναι· κομισθῆναι γὰρ ξύλα πρὸς Ἀντίγονον ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀράβων τῶν τὸν λιβανωτὸν καταγόντων, ἂ οὐδὲν διέφερε τῶν τῆς τερμίνθου· πλὴν οὗτοί γε μεῖζον ἕτερον ἀγνόημα προσηγνόουν· ᾤοντο γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δένδρου τόν τε λιβανωτὸν γίνεσθαι καὶ τὴν σμύρναν·

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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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