# Περὶ πυρός 10.67

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/10.67

διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ οἶνος ὁ χεόμενος ἐπὶ τὴν φλόγα καθάπερ τοῖς σπένδουσιν ἐκλάμπει, καὶ ἡ θάλαττα ὅταν ἀποσβεννύωσιν, ἐὰν δ᾽ ἔλαττον καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ· συστελλόμενον γὰρ καὶ ἀθροισθὲν ἰσχυρότερον. ἐν δὲ τῇ πίττῃ τῇ καιομένῃ μᾶλλον ὅτι σφοδροτέρα καὶ πλείων ἡ φλὸξ ὥστε καὶ ἐκπηδᾷν καὶ κατακαίειν τὰς οἰκίας· διακρίνεται γὰρ τὸ ἔμπιπτον κρατηθὲν καὶ

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Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, 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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