Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 28 · I.28.1a.7–I.28.1a.9

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1a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 7

I.28.1a.7

Ἐπιγένης πνεύματος ἀναφορὰν γεωμιγοῦς πεπυρωμένου.

Βόηθος ἀέρος ἀνημμένου φαντασίαν.

Διογένης ἀστέρας εἶναι τοὺς κομήτας.

1a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 8

I.28.1a.8

Ἀναξαγόρας τοὺς καλουμένους διάττοντας ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰθέρος σπινθήρων δίκην καταφέρεσθαι, διὸ καὶ παραυτίκα σβέννυσθαι.

Μητρόδωρος τὴν εἰς τὰ νέφη τοῦ ἡλίου βίαιον ἔμπτωσιν πολλάκις σπινθηρίζειν.

1a ⟨Ἀετίου⟩ · 9

I.28.1a.9

Ξενοφάνης πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα νεφῶν πεπυρωμένων συστήματα ἢ κινήματα.

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1a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Three further accounts

I.28.1a.7

Epigenes held that it is an upward rush of wind mixed with earth and set on fire.

Boethus held that it is an appearance of ignited air.

Diogenes held that comets are stars.⁸⁴⁴

1a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Shooting stars and sparks

I.28.1a.8

Anaxagoras held that the so-called shooting stars fall from the aether like sparks, and for this reason are extinguished at once.

Metrodorus held that the sun’s violent impact upon the clouds often produces sparks.⁸⁴⁵

1a ⟨Aëtius⟩: Xenophanes

I.28.1a.9

Xenophanes held that all such phenomena are formations or movements of clouds set on fire.⁸⁴⁶

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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