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Book I Chapter 1 · I.1.12a
Ancient Greek
p. 3812 Κλεάνθους (αʹ)
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 1
p. 3912 Cleanthes (1)
Most glorious of immortals, many-named, almighty ever, Zeus, author of nature, steering all things by law, hail! It is right for every mortal to address you. For we are your offspring, alone of all mortal things that live and move upon the earth having received an “image of sound.”†35 So I shall hymn you and sing forever of your might. This whole cosmos, wheeling around the earth, obeys you wherever you lead, and willingly submits to your rule. Such is the servant you hold in your unconquerable hands: the two-edged, fiery, ever-living thunderbolt; beneath its stroke all nature trembles.36
Socrates
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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.
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