Theophrastus De odoribus 10

ed. Arthur Hort

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De odoribus. Theophrastus. ed. Arthur Hort. United States. 2016.

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Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Concerning Odours (Greek) (Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Hort, Harvard, 1927)

Notes on the current edition

Concerning Odours

1. ¹ e.g. alabaster, which here at least is spoken of as a kind of stone. ² γὰρ ins. Sch.
2. ¹ ἡ ins. W. ² ἡ ins. W.
3. ² The words ἄντε δριμὺ are omitted in both W.’ s editions, but represented in his Latin version.
4. ¹ cf. 57, 58. σύνθετος ὀσμή or σύνθεσις seems to mean a kind of pot-pourri, which was from time to time renewed with fresh rose-petals. Sch. understands σύνθεσις to mean ‘clothes in a wardrobe’ (cf. Lat. synthesis), but it must surely have the same meaning here as σύνθετος ὀσμή: Sch. ’s citation from 57 does not seem to prove his point, and μένουσι πολὺν χρόνον αἱ συνθέσεις in 58 is conclusive against him. cf. also 69.
5. ¹ cf. 52. ² δὲ ins. W.
6. ² i.e. the case is so far analogous to that of rose-perfume; but the comparison does not hold as to what follows.