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Book I Chapter 28 · I.28.2.7–I.28.2.8
Ancient Greek
p. 6602 Ἀρριανοῦ · 7
Ἤδη δὲ καὶ πλησίον ἡλίου ξυστάντες κομῆται οἳ μὲν ἔφθησαν ἀφανισθῆναι πρὶν τὴν γένεσιν αὐτῶν καταστῆναι ἐμφανῆ· οἳ δὲ ἐκλείποντος ἡλίου ἐξεφάνησαν, οἳ δὲ καὶ ἐπικαταδύνοντες τῷ ἡλίῳ, πρόσθεν, οἷα δὴ εἰκός, ὑπὸ τῶν αὐγῶν καταλαμπόμενοι, τῷ μὴ ἐμφανεῖς καθίστασθαι.
2 Ἀρριανοῦ · 8
Ὥστε ἐκεῖνος ἂν κρατοίη ὁ λόγος ⟨ὁ⟩ ἀποφαίνων ἀέρος πιλήματα, ἀποθλιβόμενα καὶ ἐμπίπτοντα ἐς τὰ κατωτέρω καὶ τῷ ἀέρι ξυναφῆ τοῦ αἰθέρος, ἐξαφθέντα, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ὑπάρχῃ περὶ αὐτοὺς ἡ τροφή, ξυμμένειν τε καὶ ξυμπερινοστεῖν τῷ αἰθέρι.”
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 28
p. 6612 Arrian: Visibility near the sun
Some comets formed near the sun have disappeared before their coming into being became visible. Others have come into view during an eclipse of the sun, and others while setting after it, having previously, as one would expect, been overwhelmed by its rays, so that they were not visible.856
2 Arrian: The proposed physical explanation
Thus the account ⟨which⟩ declares the following would prevail: compacted masses of air are squeezed out and fall into the lower parts of the aether adjoining the air; once kindled, they persist and revolve with the aether for as long as nourishment remains around them.”857
Socrates
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