# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.20.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.20.1

Ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἥμερα τὰ δ᾽ ἄγρια τῶν ἀόσμων οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ κατὰ τὸ γένος ἀλλ᾽ ἔνθα μὲν εὔοσμον τὸ ἥμερον καθάπερ τὸ ῥόδον ἔνθα δὲ τὸ ἄγριον ὥσπερ ἴον τὸ μέλαν καὶ ὁ κρόκος. ὁ δὲ ἕρπυλλος καὶ τὸ ἑλένιον δριμύτερα καθάπερ καὶ τῶν λαχανωδῶν τὸ πήγανον. αἴτιον δὲ ὡς μὲν εἰπεῖν καθόλου τὸ καὶ πρότερον λεχθὲν ὅτι τὴν συμμετρίαν ἑκάτερα λαμβάνει δι᾽ ἑκατέρου τῆς ὑγρότητος καὶ ξηρότητος ἐξ ὧν αἱ ὀσμαί.

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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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