# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.18.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.18.4

θαυμασιώτερον δ᾽ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τὸ περὶ τὰς μυρρίνας ὅτι τῶν ἄλλων ὄντων ἀόσμων ὑπερβάλλουσιν αὗται τῇ εὐοσμίᾳ· καὶ γὰρ ἡ ξηρότης καὶ ἡ θερμότης οὐχ ἧττον ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἔν τισιν ὑπάρχει τῶν λοιπῶν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δὲ σχεδὸν τὰ κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν. ἔστι μὲν δὴ καί τι γένος ἴσως ὃ μεταφυτευόμενον εἰς ἑτέρας χώρας οἷον Κύπρον Ῥόδον Κνίδον ἐμφαίνει τι τῆς δυνάμεως· οὐθὲν μέντοι τῶν αὐτῶν ἀλλὰ καὶ πλατυφυλλοτέρα γίνεται, λεπτὴ γὰρ ἐκείνη, καὶ τὴν εὐωδίαν οὐκ ἐγγὺς πρὸς ἐκείνην.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.