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Book I Chapter 40 · I.40.1.36–I.40.1.37
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Τῶν γε μὴν εὔρων Ἀπαρκτίας μὲν λέγεται ⟨ὁ⟩ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰς θερινὰς ἀνατολὰς τόπου ῥέων ἄνεμος, Ἀπηλιώτης δὲ ⟨ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰς ἰσημερινάς, Εὖρος δὲ ὁ⟩ ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὰς χειμερινάς. Καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων ζεφύρων Ἀργέστης μὲν ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς θερινῆς δύσεως, ὅντινα καλοῦσιν οἱ μὲν Ὀλυμπίαν, οἱ δὲ Ἰάπυγα, Ζέφυρος δὲ ⟨ὁ⟩ ἀπὸ τῆς ἰσημερινῆς, ⟨Λὶψ δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς χειμερινῆς⟩.
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Καὶ τῶν βορείων ἰδίως ὁ μὲν [τῶν] ἐξῆς τῷ Καικίᾳ καλεῖται Βορέας, [δὲ καὶ] Ἀπαρκτίας δὲ ὁ ἐφεξῆς [αὐτῶν καθεξῆς] ἀπὸ τοῦ πόλου κατὰ τὸ μεσημβρινόν, Θρακίας δὲ ὁ ἑξῆς τῷ Ἀργέστῃ, ὃν ἔνιοι Καικίαν καλοῦσι. Καὶ τῶν [μὲν] νότων ὁ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς πόλου φερόμενος, ἀντίπαλος τῷ Ἀπαρκτίᾳ, καλεῖται Νότος· Εὐρόνοτος δὲ ὁ μεταξὺ τούτου καὶ Εὔρου. Τὸν δὲ ἐπὶ θάτερα μεταξὺ Λιβός τε καὶ Νότου οἱ μὲν Λιβόνοτον, οἱ δὲ Λιβοφοίνικα καλοῦσι.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 40
p. 78936 · Eastern and western winds
Among the east winds, Aparctias is the name of ⟨the⟩ wind flowing from the place of the summer sunrise; Apeliotes, ⟨of the one from the equinoctial sunrise; and Eurus, of the one⟩ from the winter sunrise. Of the opposite west winds, Argestes comes from the summer sunset, called Olympias by some and Iapyx by others; Zephyrus is ⟨the one⟩ from the equinoctial sunset, ⟨and Lips the one from the winter sunset⟩.1020
37 · Northern and southern winds
Among the northern winds in particular, the one [of those] next to Caecias is called Boreas; [and also] the next [of them in order], coming from the pole along the meridian, is Aparctias. The one next to Argestes is Thrascias, which some call Caecias.1021 Among the south winds [on the one hand], the one coming from the unseen pole, opposite Aparctias, is called Notus; the one between it and Eurus is Euronotus. The one on the other side, between Lips and Notus, some call Libonotus and others Libophoenix.
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