# Ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων (versio 1) (sine titulo) (e cod. Paris. B.N. gr. 2327, fol. 196r) 2.21

Fragmenta Alchemica, Ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων (versio 1) (sine titulo) (e cod. Paris. B.N. gr. 2327, fol. 196r), Volume 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/fragmenta-alchemica/versio-1-sine-titulo-e-cod-paris-b-n-gr-2327-fol-196r/2.21

Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν τὸ μυστήριον ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων, τουτέστι συμφαγώνεται καὶ συγχωνεύεται, λειώνεται καὶ μεταλλάττεται τὸ σύνθεμα ἐν τῇ σήψει· καὶ γίνεται μελάγχλωρον, καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίγνεται χρυσάνθιον· καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίνεται ἐρυθρὸν κινναβαρίζον, ὥς φησιν, καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ κιννάβαρις τῶν φιλοσόφων.

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Fragmenta Alchemica, Ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων (versio 1) (sine titulo) (e cod. Paris. B.N. gr. 2327, fol. 196r). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1379.tlg011.local001/.