# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.17.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.17.8

ὅλως δὲ καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις ἡ πύρωσις καὶ ἡ κατάμιξις τῶν πεπυρωμένων ποιεῖ τινας εὐωδίας καὶ τὸ ὅλον ὀσμὰς ἐὰν ἔχῃ τὸ σύμμετρον. ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ θυμιάματα ταῦτα πυρωθέντα ἀνίει εὐωδίας μαλακῇ δὲ καὶ οὐ κατακαιούσῃ· τὸ γὰρ σύμμετρον οὕτω πρὸς ὀσμὴν ἐκείνως δὲ φθορά.

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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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