# Περὶ πυρός 8.62

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/8.62

τοῦ δὲ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι τὰ κατακαύματα καὶ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον ἕτερον ἡ πλείων θερμότης κρατοῦσα τῆς ἐλάττονος καὶ ἀναξηραίνουσα τὴν γινομένην σύντηξιν ἀφ᾽ ἧς αἱ φλύκταιναι ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη καὶ καταμαραίνουσα καὶ συμνφρύγουσα τὴν ἀρχήν. καὶ τὰς μὲν καθ᾽ ἕκαστα σβέσεις ἐκ τούτων

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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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