# Concerning Odours 16.1

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/16.1

Fr. 16 Θ. ἐν τρίτῳ τῶν Φυσικῶν ἢ περὶ οὐρανοῦ τὰ γινόμενα διαιρεῖ οὕτως· ἢ γὰρ ὑπὸ ὁμοίου γίνεται ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπου καὶ θερμὸν ὑπὸ θερμοῦ, ἢ ὑπὸ ἐναντίου ὡς ὁρῶμεν τοὺς κεραυνοὺς καὶ τὰς ἀστραπάς· ὑπὸ γὰρ ψυχρότητος ἡ τούτου τοῦ πυρὸς ἐν τῷ ἀέρι γένεσις ἀθροίζοντος εἰς ἐν τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς θερμὸν ἐκπυροῦντος· ἢ τρίτον ὑπὸ ἐντελεχείᾳ ὅλως ὄντος ὡς καὶ ὁ μώλωψ· ὑπὸ γὰρ ἐντελεχείᾳ οὔσης τῆς μάστιγος γίνεται, οὔτε δὲ ὁμοίας ἔτι οὔτε ἐναντίας τῷ γινομένῳ· καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου δέ φησι γινόμενα ὑπὸ ἐντελεχείας γίνεται· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς οὔτε ὅμοιος οὔτε ἐναντίος τοῖς γινομένοις. (Simpl. in Arist. Phys. f. 187.)

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Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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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