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John Stobaeus

Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

Greek with an independent English translation.

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Stobaeus, Volume IBook I Chapter 42 · I.42.3.heading–I.42.6.heading

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Book I Chapter 42 · I.42.3.heading–I.42.6.heading

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I.42.3.heading

⟨Ἐν πόσῳ χρόνῳ διαρθροῦται τὸ ἔμβρυον.⟩

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I.42.4.heading

⟨Ἀπὸ ποίου ἄρχεται μορίου μορφοῦσθαι τὸ ἔμβρυον.⟩

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I.42.5.heading

⟨Πῶς ἄρρενα γεννᾶται καὶ θήλεα.⟩

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I.42.6.heading

⟨Πῶς τέρατα γίνεται.⟩

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I.42.3.heading

⟨In how much time the embryo develops distinct parts.⟩

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I.42.4.heading

⟨From which part the embryo begins to take shape.⟩

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I.42.5.heading

⟨How males and females are generated.⟩

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I.42.6.heading

⟨How anomalous births occur.⟩

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About This Reading Edition

Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.

Historical Text and Translation

The Greek follows Curt Wachsmuth’s 1884 Volume I, checked against the supplied scan. Gaps, lost-chapter headings, and uncertain attributions remain visible. Chapter 2 includes a labeled proposed reconstruction. The appendix outlines Books I–IV; the full texts of Books II–IV are outside this volume. Reader pages preserve the companion PDF’s numbering.

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Diotimos Editions prepared this independent English translation directly from the Greek. Prose and verse retain their distinct forms, with mixed passages preserving their quoted verse. Every passage is paired with its Greek and identified by the edition’s reference number. All 2,117 notes remain linked to their passages, with continuous numbering across the introduction and text.

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