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Book I Chapter 28 · I.28.2.9–I.28.2.10
Ancient Greek
p. 6622 Ἀρριανοῦ · 9
Καὶ ταῦτα, ὅπως ἂν τύχῃ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἰδέας ἐπικλήζεσθαι ἕκαστον, κομήτας μέν, ἀφ᾽ ὧν ὥσπερ κόμη ἐς τὰ κύκλῳ ἀπολάμπει αὐγὴ πυρός· πωγωνίας δὲ ἀφ᾽ ὅτων ἐς πώγωνος σχῆμα ἀπήρτηται αὐγὴ ἐς τὸ ἐπιθάτερα· πίθους δὲ ὅσα μεγάλα, κυκλοτερῆ καί τι καὶ βάθους ἐν σφισιν ἐξέφηνε· δοκοὺς δὲ αὖ καὶ λαμπάδας καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα τοῦ εἴδους ⟨ἐφ᾽ ὅ⟩τῳ ἐπιφημίζονται.
2 Ἀρριανοῦ · 10
“Φαίνεται δὲ τούτων ἕκαστον καὶ ἑσπέριον καὶ ἑῷον, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιφανῆ φαίνεται. Ἀμφιφανῆ δὲ κλῄζουσιν, ὅσα περὶ πρῶτα τῆς νυκτὸς φανέντα πρὸς δύσει, ἔπειτα ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ νυκτί, πρὶν ἡμέραν ἐπιλαβεῖν, ἔφθη ἀνασχόντα.”
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 28
p. 6632 Names derived from shapes
Each of these receives its name from whatever shape it happens to have: comets, when a radiance of fire shines out all around like hair; bearded stars, when the radiance hangs to one side in the shape of a beard; jars, when the appearances are large and circular and display some depth within themselves; and beams and torches, from their resemblance in form to the things ⟨after which⟩ they are named.858
2 Arrian: Evening and morning appearances
“Each of these appears both in the evening and in the morning; some also appear at both times. They call those visible at both times which, after appearing toward the west at the beginning of the night, have risen again during that same night, before daylight arrives.”859
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