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Book I Chapter 29 · I.29.1.16–I.29.1.17
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p. 6741 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 1
Ἀριστοτέλους. Ἀριστοτέλης τυφῶνας μέν, ὅταν ἐκνεφίας δινούμενος καταφέρηται. Τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα κωλυόμενον μὲν εἰς ὀρθὸν ἰέναι παρ᾽ ἀντίπνοιαν ἢ ψῦχος ἢ πάχος ἤ τινα ἄλλην αἰτίαν, ἐλαυνόμενον δ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ κατόπιν ἐπεισιόντος, ἀναστρέφειν εἰλούμενον ἐν τῷ νέφει κύκλῳ καὶ συγκατάγειν ἐπὶ γῆν ἑαυτῷ τὸ νέφος· εἶθ᾽ ὅτῳ ἂν ἐντύχῃ φερόμενον, σφοδρῶς ἀναρπάζειν καὶ πάλιν ἀπορρίπτειν, τοῦτο γὰρ εἶναι τὸ πάθος οἷον ἐκνεφίαν ἄπεπτον.
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Πρηστῆρας δ᾽, ὅταν βιαίως κατιὸν ἐκπυρωθῇ τὸ πνεῦμα κατὰ τὴν φοράν, συνεμπίπρασθαι γὰρ τὸν ἀέρα ⟨τῇ⟩ πυρώσει χρωματιζόμενον, διὸ καὶ νυκτὸς ἐκλάμπειν· ἀναρπάζειν δὲ καὶ περιτρέπειν ὁμοίως καὶ τούτους, ὥσπερ πυρώδεις ὄντας τυφῶνας.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 29
p. 6751 ⟨Arius Didymus⟩: Aristotle on whirlwinds
Aristotle’s view. Aristotle held that whirlwinds occur when a squall descends in a whirl. The wind, prevented from going straight by a contrary wind, cold, density, or some other cause, and driven on by what comes up behind it, turns back and coils in a circle within the cloud, bringing the cloud down to earth with it. Then, as it moves, it violently snatches up whatever it encounters and throws it down again: the phenomenon is, as it were, an undigested squall.868
1 Aristotle on fiery whirlwinds
Fiery whirlwinds occur when the wind, descending violently, catches fire in its motion. The air burns along with it, taking its color from ⟨the⟩ burning, and for this reason it shines out even at night. These too snatch up and overturn things in the same way, being, as it were, whirlwinds of fire.869
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