# Fragmenta 31

Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragmenta, Fragment 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/heraclitus-of-ephesus/fragmenta/31

[21] —— (II 396, 13) [nach 30] ὅτι δὲ καὶ γενητὸν καὶ φθαρτὸν εἶναι ἐδογμάτιζεν, μηνύει τὰ ἐπιφερόμενα· πυρὸς τροπαὶ πρῶτον θάλασσα, θαλάσσης δὲ τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ γῆ, τὸ δὲ ἥμισυ πρηστήρ. δυνάμει γὰρ λέγει ὅτι τὸ πῦρ ὑπὸ τοῦ διοικοῦντος λόγου καὶ θεοῦ τὰ σύμπαντα δι’ ἀέρος τρέπεται εἰς ὑγρὸν τὸ ὡς σπέρμα τῆς διακοσμήσεως, ὁ καλεῖ θάλασσαν, ἐκ δὲ τούτου αὖθις γίνεται γῆ καὶ οὐρανὸς καὶ τὰ ἐμπεριεχόμενα. ὅπως δὲ πάλιν ἀναλαμβάνεται καὶ ἐκπυροῦται, σαφῶς διὰ τούτων δηλοῖ· [23] θάλασσα διαχέεται καὶ μετρέεται εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον, ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν ἦν ἢ γενέσθαι γῆ.

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Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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