# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.17.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.17.1

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾽ ἔνιά γε τῶν ἀνθέων ἐξ ἀποστάσεως ἢ πλησίον ἐλθοῦσιν εὐοσμότερα καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἴα δοκεῖ. τὸ δ᾽ αἴτιον ὅτι πρὸς μὲν τὰ πόρρω καθαρὰ φέρεται καὶ ἀμιγὴς ἡ ὀσμὴ πλησίον δ᾽ ὄντων ὅτι συναπορρεῖ τινα καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων μορίων ἅπερ οὐ διϊκνεῖται πρὸς τὰ πόρρω διὰ τὸ γεωδέστερα καὶ παχύτερα εἶναι. καθόλου γὰρ ταῖς μὲν ἀσθενέσι τῶν ὀσμῶν ἡ ἀμιξία τῶν δ᾽ ἰσχυροτέρων ἐνίαις αἱ μίξεις αἱ οἰκεῖαι χρησιμώτεραι καθάπερ τοῖς χυλοῖς οἷον καὶ τῇ σμύρνῃ·

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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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