# Περὶ πυρός 12.70

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/12.70

Ὁ δὲ καπνὸς ἧττον λυπεῖ ὅταν ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ πῦρ ᾖ. διὸ καὶ οἱ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις πολιορκούμενοι τῷ καπνῷ πῦρ ἐὰν ἔχωσιν οὐδὲν πάσχουσι· σβέννυσι γὰρ τὸ ἐν τῷ καπνῷ θερμὸν τὸ πῦρ. ἐπεὶ πέφυκε τὸ πλεῖον τὸ ἔλαττον μαραίνειν, σβεννυμένου δὲ φθείρεται καὶ ὁ καπνός. διὸ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ὥσπερ τὸ πῦρ βοηθεῖ πρὸς τὸ μὴ καπνίζεσθαι. τὸν δ᾽ ἐν ἐφικτῷ καὶ προσπίπτοντα ἐκπυροῖ. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ οἱ ἐγγὺς τοῦ πυρὸς ἧττον ἐνοχλοῦνται· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο ποιεῖ καὶ ἀναφέρει καὶ ἀνωθεῖ πορρωτέρω.

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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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