# Περὶ πυρός 2.11

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/2.11

ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς πνίξεως σβέσις. καὶ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα συναθροισθὲν τῷ μὴ ἀπορρεῖν τὸ θερμὸν ἐκμαραίνει καὶ ξηραίνει τὴν ἀρχὴν ὥσπεραν θλίψιν τινὰ ποιοῦσα καὶ ἀποπίεσιν· διὸ καὶ οὐκ ἀμαθῶς τοὔνομα τὸ καταπνίγεσθαι τὸ πῦρ· καὶ γὰρ ὅλως ὁ ἀὴρ πυκνωθεὶς δύναιτ᾽ ἂν τοῦτο δρᾷν καὶ πυρωθεὶς ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ θᾶττον. διὰ τὰς αὐτὰς δὲ καὶ παραπλησίας αἰτίας καὶ ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ τὸ πῦρ ἧττον καίεται ἢ ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ καὶ οἱ λύχνοι φαίνουσιν ἡττον καιομένου πυρός καὶ ἀποσβέννυνται ὅλως ἐὰν ὑπὲρ τῆς φλογὸς τεθῶσι· καὶ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα κατα12μαραίνει τε καὶ κωλύει τὴν ἀρχὴν τὸ πλέον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg005.local001/.