# Περὶ πυρός 7.55

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/7.55

ὃ δῆλον ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων γίνεται ἃ φθίνοι ἂν εἰ μὴ παρεμπίπτοιεν ἔξωθεν ἕτερα ῥεῖθρα. πολλῆς γὰρ οὔσης καὶ ἀθρόας τῆς πηγῆς τὸ ἐγγύτατον πλεῖστον, εἶτα ἔλαττον ἀεὶ καὶ ἔλαττον, τελευτῶν δ᾽ ὑπεκλείπει· ἐὰν δέ που τόπος ἔγκοιλος ὢν ἢ καὶ ἄλλως ἀνωμαλὴς ἀθροισμὸν ἢ διάχυσιν εἰς πλείω ποιήσει. τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀέρος καὶ τῆς φλογὸς οὖκ ἔστιν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὅμαλος, ἡ δὲ φλὸξ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν φέρεται ἀλλ᾽ οὐ διὰ τὴν τῶν τόπων ἔγκλισιν.

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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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