Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Stobaeus, Volume IBook I Chapter 28 · I.28.1a.4–I.28.1a.6

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Book I Chapter 28 · I.28.1a.4–I.28.1a.6

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1a · 4

I.28.1a.4

* * κομήτας δὲ ὅταν ἐπὶ πλέον ἐξαφθῇ καὶ πρὸς πλείονα διαμένῃ χρόνον, τοῦ μὲν ἀστέρος φαινομένου κάτωθεν, τῆς δὲ κόμης ἄνωθεν ἐπιλαμπούσης· πωγωνίας δὲ ὅταν ἔμπαλιν ὁ μὲν ἀστὴρ ἄνωθεν θεωρῆται, ἡ δὲ κόμη κάτωθεν, παρεχομένη τῷ σχήματι πώγωνος ἔμφασιν.

1a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 5

I.28.1a.5

Στράτων ἄστρου φῶς περιληφθὲν νέφει πυκνῷ, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν λαμπτήρων γίνεται.

1a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 6

I.28.1a.6

Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ποντικὸς νέφος μετάρσιον ὑπὸ μεταρσίου φωτὸς καταυγαζόμενον. Ὁμοίως δ᾽ αἰτιολογεῖ πωγωνίαν, δοκίδας, κίονα καὶ τὰ τούτοις συγγενῆ, καθάπερ ἀμέλει πάντες οἱ Περιπατητικοὶ παρὰ τοὺς τοῦ νέφους ταῦτα γίνεσθαι σχηματισμούς.

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 28

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1a Comets and bearded stars

I.28.1a.4

[Gap in the text.] They are comets when the material is kindled more extensively and lasts for a longer time, with the star appearing below and the hair shining above; they are bearded stars when, conversely, the star is seen above and the hair below, its shape giving the appearance of a beard.⁸⁴²

1a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Strato

I.28.1a.5

Strato held that it is the light of a star enclosed in a dense cloud, as happens with lamps.

1a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Heraclides of Pontus

I.28.1a.6

Heraclides of Pontus held that it is a cloud aloft, illuminated by light aloft. He gives a similar explanation of a bearded star, beams, a pillar, and related phenomena: as indeed do all the Peripatetics, he holds that these arise from the shapes assumed by the cloud.⁸⁴³

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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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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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