# Περὶ πυρός 3.23

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/3.23

σβέννυται δὲ καὶ ἐάν τις ἀποστεγάσῃ πανταχῆ καὶ ἐἀν μηδεμίαν ἀναπνοὴν διδῷ· διὸ καὶ ἐν τῇ τέφρᾳ ἐγκρύπτουσι τοῦτ᾽ εὐλαβούμενοι· κωλυόμενον γὰρ ἀπορρεῖν αὐτὸ ἐν ἑαυτῷ θλίβεται. καὶ ἐάν τις καταθλίβῃ τοὺς δαλοὺς ἢ τοὺς ἄνθρακας ὥσπερ καὶ τοὺς λύχνους, ἀποσβέννυσιν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ἐν τοῖς μεγάλοις λύχνοις διὰ τοιαύτην τινὰ αἰτίαν σβέννυται· παχὺς γὰρ ὢν ὁ ἀὴρ καὶ ἀκίνητος οἷον καταπιέζει καὶ θλίβει καθαπερεί τι στερεὸν ὃ οὐ δύναται διαβιάσασθαι τὸ πῦρ· κενὸν γὰρ δὴ ζητεῖ πρὸς ὃ καὶ ἐν ᾧ ἡ φυρά.

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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/.