# Περὶ πυρός 4.31

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/4.31

διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἡ τῶν χλωρῶν ἐρυθροτέρα φλὸξ ἢ τῶν ξηρῶν, ὅτι πλεῖον ἔχει τὸ τοιοῦτον δι᾽ οὗ διαφορουμένη λαμβάνει τὴν χρόαν, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ὅταν ᾖ παχὺς ὁ ἀήρ. ὁ δ᾽ ἄνθραξ οὐδὲ ποιεῖ φλόγα πλὴν ὀλίγην διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν τὴν ἐξαε50υμένην πολλὴν ὑγρότητα· πυρουμένη γὰρ αὕτη φλόξ.

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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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