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Theophrastus

18 works in the library, 0 with an English translation.

Greek philosopher, born at Eresos. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived: 4th–3rd c. BC
Kinds of writing: Rhetoric
Dialect: Attic/Koine
Analysed: 7,868 words

The 18 works

On OdoursConcerning OdoursDe odoribusGreek onlyAbout
On Weather SignsConcerning Weather SignsDe signis tempestatumGreek onlyAbout
Enquiry into PlantsGreek onlyAbout
On the Causes of PlantsΠερὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶνGreek onlyAbout
On Sense and the SensibleDe sensu et sensibilibusGreek onlyAbout
On StonesDe lapidibusGreek onlyAbout
On FireΠερὶ πυρόςGreek onlyAbout
MetaphysicsἘκ τῶν μετὰ τὰ φυσικάGreek onlyAbout
CharactersΧαρακτῆρεςGreek only71% common wordsAbout
On OdoursΠερί ὈσμώνDe OdoribusGreek onlyAbout
On WindsΠερί ΑνέμωνDe VentisGreek onlyAbout
On Weather SignsΠερί Σημείων Ὑδάτων και Pνευμάτων και Xειμώνων και ΕὐδιώνDe Signis TempestatumGreek onlyAbout
On WearinessΠερί ΚόπωνDe LassitudineGreek onlyAbout
On DizzinessΠερί ἸλίγγωνDe VertigineGreek onlyAbout
On SweatΠερί ἸδρώτωνDe SudoreGreek onlyAbout
On FaintingΠερί ΛειποψυχίαςDe Animi DefectioneGreek onlyAbout
On ParalysisΠερὶ ΠαραλύσεωςDe Nervorum ResolutioneGreek onlyAbout
Miscellaneous FragmentsFragmenta varia (13-190)Fragmenta variaGreek onlyAbout

In The Painted Stoa

Entries that quote or point to Theophrastus's Greek.

Drugs and poisonsThe Greeks had one word for a medicine, a poison and a magic spell: pharmakon.

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