Theophrastus De odoribus 14

ed. Arthur Hort

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

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Current edition First1KGreek

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

Notes on the current edition

Concerning Odours

1. ¹ i.e. to form a ‘crust.’ ² τὰ ins. Sch.
2. ³ cf. H.P. 1. 6. 7.
3. ⁴ i.e. when the fat of the living bear becomes abnormally developed. Plin. 8. 128. expresses his surprise at T. ’s credulity
4. ¹ i.e. taste.
5. ² There seems to be some confusion here, as in the first sentence of the section T. complained that colours are not classified. The following passage is unusually elliptical, and the text is probably defective T.’a complaint seems to be that sense-experiences in general have been inadequately classified (cf. 2); and in 66 foll. he specially mentions smells.
6. ¹ I have inserted οὐχ, suggested by Sch.
7. ² Like Sch. I fail to see the relevance of this remark. The sense required is ‘while the fruit is still on the tree’:
8. 1 cf. 63.
9. 2 cf. 57, of which this section seems to be a repetitio.
10. 3 cf. 15.