Theophrastus De odoribus 3

ed. Arthur Hort

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 cf. H.P. 1. 11. 2.
2. 2 i.e. the berry: Sch. would read ἀρκευθίς. cf. H.P. 3. 12. 4, with which this statement is inconsistent. Sch. suggests punctuating—γλυκὺ ὄν. καὶ εἰ μή πανταχοῦ ἀλλ᾿ ἐνιαχοῦ καὶ ἡ ἄρκευθος κ.τ.λ. 3 καὶ φυτοῖς om. Turn.
3. ⁴ αἷς I omit; ᾗ καὶ τὂ εὐ. conj. Turn.
4. ¹ I have supplied μίξεις to fill the lacuna marked by W. after οὕτως αἱ; the text to the end of the section is defective, but a makeshift restoration and rendering seem possible: the sense of οὕτως is obscure.
5. 1 cf. 67; Arist. de Sens. 5. cf. Arist. l.c.
6. 3 As opposed to wine. Sch., misunderstanding this, thinks ξηρῶν corrupt.
7. 4 I have restored καὶ, which Sch. and W. omit, missing the point of the annthesis μὲν . . . δέ.
8. ¹ i.e. of the unadulterated wine and of the perfume.
9. ² C. P. 6. 19. 2. Sch.’s reasons for bracketing this sentence seem inadequate.
10. ³ i.e. fragrant leaves, etc. cf. H.P. 1. 12. 4.
11. ⁴ Made from the rhizomes: cf. H. P. 1. 7. 2, and Index.