Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 9 · I.9.2b–I.9.4b

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2b ⟨Εὐριπίδου Σθενεβοίᾳ⟩

I.9.2b

Ὁ δ’ εἰς τὸ σῶφρον ἐπ’ ἀρετήν τ’ ἄγων ἔρως ζηλωτὸς ἀνθρώποισιν· ὧν εἴην ἐγώ.

3 Ἐκ τῶν Βίωνος βουκολικῶν

I.9.3

Μοίσας Ἔρως καλέοι, Μοῖσαι τὸν Ἔρωτα φέροιεν· μολπὰν ταὶ Μοῖσαί μοι ἀεὶ ποθέοντι διδοῖεν, τὰν γλυκερὰν μολπάν, τᾶς φάρμακον ἅδιον οὐδέν.

4a Εὐριπίδου Δίκτυϊ

I.9.4a

Φίλος γὰρ ἦν μοι καί μ’ Ἔρως εἷλέν ποτε οὐκ εἰς τὸ μῶρον, οὐδέ μ’ εἰς Κύπριν τρέπων.

4b ⟨Εὐριπίδου Θησεῖ⟩

I.9.4b

Ἀλλ’ ἔστι δή τις ἄλλος ἐν βροτοῖς Ἔρως ψυχῆς δικαίας σώφρονός τε κἀγαθῆς· καὶ χρῆν δὲ τοῖς βροτοῖσι τόνδ’ εἶναι νόμον, τῶν εὐσεβούντων οἵτινές τε σώφρονες ἐρᾶν, Κύπριν δὲ τὴν Διὸς χαίρειν ἐᾶν.

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2b ⟨Euripides, Stheneboea⟩

I.9.2b

But love that leads to self-restraint and virtue is enviable among human beings; may I be one of them.³⁰²

3 From Bion’s Bucolic Poems

I.9.3

May Love summon the Muses, and the Muses bring Love; may the Muses give me, ever longing, song, sweet song, than which no remedy is sweeter.³⁰³

4a Euripides, Dictys

I.9.4a

For he was dear to me, and Love once took hold of me, without turning me to folly or to Cypris.³⁰⁴

4b ⟨Euripides, Theseus⟩

I.9.4b

But there is another Love among mortals: love for a soul that is just, restrained, and good. And this ought to be the law for mortals: to love those who are reverent and self-controlled, and bid farewell to Cypris, Zeus’s daughter.³⁰⁵

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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