Stobaeus, Volume I

Name: Stobaeus, Volume I
Author: John Stobaeus

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Book I Chapter 39 · I.39.1.3–I.39.1.5

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I.39.1.3

θερμότητας δὲ καὶ ψυχρότητας καὶ παρὰ τὴν γῆν [μέν] γίνεσθαι, δι᾽ οἵας ἂν ῥέῃ καὶ ἐν οἵᾳ ⟨ἂν⟩ γίνηται. Θερμὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν κατακεκαυμένην καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν καὶ τὴν ἀσφαλτώδη ποιεῖν·

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I.39.1.4

ψυχρὰ δ᾽, ὡς μὲν ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν, ⟨εἶναι τὰ ἐν⟩ τοῖς ναματιαίοις, ὡς δὲ καθ᾽ ἕκαστα, τὰ κατὰ βάθους [ὡς ἐπίπαν], ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς μετάλλοις (πόρρω γὰρ τοῦ ἡλίου), πλὴν ἐὰν πυρώδης ὁ τόπος ᾖ· (δεῖ γὰρ ἀφεστάναι τῶν θερμῶν, τοῦ τ᾽ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι καὶ τοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ)·

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I.39.1.5

καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοῖς διά τε τὰ πνεύματα καὶ μάλιστα διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀέρος ψυχρότητα· καὶ ⟨τὰ⟩ ἐν τοῖς συσκίοις καὶ πνευματώδεσι (ψύχεται γὰρ ὑπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων, διὸ καὶ κοπέντων δένδρων ἔνια θερμὰ γίνεσθαι)·

Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 39

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3 · Heat and the ground

I.39.1.3

Heat and cold also arise [indeed] from the earth, according to the kind through which the water flows and in which it ⟨may⟩ be.⁹⁷⁹ For burnt, dry, and bituminous earth makes waters warm;

4 · Springs and depths

I.39.1.4

whereas cold waters, speaking generally, ⟨are those in⟩ places with flowing springs; more particularly, those at a depth [as a general rule],⁹⁸⁰ such as those in mines (for they are far from the sun), unless the place is fiery (for the waters must be removed from sources of heat, both the heat in the air and that in the earth);⁹⁸¹

5 · Height, shade, and wind

I.39.1.5

also those in high places, because of the winds and especially because of the coldness of the air; and ⟨those⟩ in deeply shaded and windy places (for they are cooled by both, which is also why some become warm when trees are cut down);⁹⁸²

979.Wachsmuth rejects the particle men, represented by “[indeed],” and adopts Meineke’s supplemented an with ginētai, reflected in “⟨may⟩ be.” The transition is difficult: air has just been named as the third cause, but the text immediately returns to the earth. The apparatus records other proposed repairs; the translation follows the printed text.

980.The words “⟨are those in⟩” reproduce Wachsmuth’s supplement. “As a general rule” is bracketed because Usener regarded it as a gloss on “speaking generally.” Both decisions remain visible. “Places with flowing springs” supplies the understood noun with namatiaiois.

981.Metalla means mines here. The reason given for their cold water is distance from the sun, with an explicit exception for heat within the ground. The parenthesis makes separation from both sources of heat a condition of cold water.

982.The list still describes cold waters. “Both” refers to shade and wind; the example of felled trees illustrates the removal of shade. The bracketed “those” reflects the supplied Greek article ta.

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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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