# Enquiry into Plants 6.4-4

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Δ, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.4-4

Γίνεται δὲ ἐν μὲν τῇ ἔξω τῇ περὶ Ἡρακλέους στήλας θαυμαστόν τι τὸ μέγεθος, ὥς φασι, καὶ τὸ πλάτος μεῖζον ὡς παλαιστιαῖον. φέρεται δὲ τοῦτο εἰς τὴν ἔσω θάλατταν ἅμα τῷ ῥῷ τῷ ἔξωθεν καὶ καλοῦσιν αὐτὸ πράσον· ἐν ταύτῃ δ’ ἔν τισι τόποις ὥστ’ ἐπάνω τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ. λέγεται δὲ ἐπέτειον εἶναι καὶ φ ύεσθαι μὲν τοῦ ἦρος λήγοντος, ἀκμάζειν δὲ τοῦ θέρους, τοῦ μετοπώρου δὲ φθίνειν, κατὰ δὲ τὸν χειμῶνα ἀπόλλυσθαι καὶ ἐκπίπτειν. ἅπόντα δὲ καὶ τἆλλα τὰ φυόμενα χείρω καὶ ἀμαυρότερα γίνεσθαι τοῦ χειμῶνος. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οἶον πρόσγεια περί γε τὴν θάλατταν. τὸ δὲ πόντιον φῦκος ὃ οἱ σπογγιεῖς ἀνακολυμβῶσι πελάγιον.

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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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