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Book I Chapter 27 · I.27.7.1–I.27.8
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p. 6467 ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 1
Ἀριστοτέλης ἀναθυμιάσεως ξηρᾶς ἔξαψιν πολλῆς τε καὶ συνεχοῦς.
7 ⟨Ἀρείου Διδύμου⟩ · 2
Τὸν γὰρ κύκλον ἐν ᾧ δοκεῖ θεωρεῖσθαι μέγιστον ὄντα, πλήρη τῶν μεγίστων ὑπάρχειν καὶ λαμπροτάτων ἄστρων καὶ ἔτι τῶν σποράδων καλουμένων, ὥστε διὰ ταῦτα συνεχῶς πλείστην περὶ τοῦτον ἀθροίζεσθαι τὸν τόπον τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀναθυμίασιν καὶ ποιεῖν τὴν τοῦ γάλακτος φαντασίαν.
8 ⟨Ἀετίου⟩
Ποσειδώνιος πυρὸς σύστασιν, ἄστρου μὲν μανωτέραν, αὐγῆς δὲ πυκνοτέραν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 27
p. 6477 ⟨Aëtius⟩: Aristotle
Aristotle held that it is the ignition of a dry exhalation, abundant and continuous.836
7 ⟨Arius Didymus⟩: The star-filled circle
For the circle in which it seems to appear is a great circle, full of the largest and brightest stars, as well as those called “scattered.” Because of these, a very great quantity of exhalation from the earth continually gathers about this region and produces the appearance of the Milky Way.837
8 ⟨Aëtius⟩: Posidonius
Posidonius held that it is a formation of fire, more rarefied than a star but denser than a ray of light.838
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