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Book I Chapter 1 · I.1.36e–I.1.37a
Ancient Greek
p. 9036 Ἀριστοτέλους πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον (εʹ)
Καὶ μὴν ἐπικάρπιος μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν, πολιεὺς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ὀνομάζεται, γενέθλιός τε καὶ ὁμόγνιος καὶ ἑρκεῖός τε καὶ πατρῷος ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς ταῦτα κοινωνίας, ἑταιρεῖός τε καὶ φίλιος καὶ ξένιος, ἔτι δὲ στρατιός τε καὶ τροπαιοῦχος, καθάρσιός τε καὶ παλαμναῖος καὶ ἱκέσιος καὶ μειλίχιος, ὥσπερ οἱ ποιηταὶ λέγουσι· σωτήρ τε καὶ ἐλευθέριος ἐτύμως [οὕτως εἰπεῖν]· ὡς δὲ τὸ πᾶν εἰπεῖν, οὐράνιός τε καὶ χθόνιος, πάσης ἐπώνυμος φύσεως ὢν καὶ τύχης, ἅτε πάντων αὐτὸς αἴτιος ὤν.
37 Ξενοφῶντος· Ἀπομνημονευμάτων δʹ (αʹ)
Εἰπέ μοι, ἔφη, ὦ Εὐθύδημε, ἤδη ποτέ σοι ἐπῆλθεν ἐνθυμηθῆναι, ὡς ἐπιμελῶς οἱ θεοί, ὧν οἱ ἄνθρωποι δέονται, κατεσκευάκασι; — Καὶ ὅς· Μὰ τὸν Δί’, ἔφη, οὐκ ἔμοιγε. — Ἀλλ’ οἶσθά γ’, ἔφη, ὅτι πρῶτον μὲν φωτὸς δεόμεθα, ὃ ἡμῖν οἱ θεοὶ παρέχουσι; — Νὴ Δί’, ἔφη, ὅ γ’ εἰ μὴ εἴχομεν, ὅμοιοι τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἂν ἦμεν, ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν. — Ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ ἀναπαύσεώς γε δεομένοις ἡμῖν νύκτα παρέχουσι, κάλλιστον ἀναπαυτήριον. — Πάνυ γε, ἔφη, καὶ τοῦτο χάριτος ἄξιον.
— Οὐκοῦν καὶ ἐπειδὴ ὁ μὲν ἥλιος, φωτεινὸς ὤν, τάς τε ὥρας τῆς ἡμέρας ἡμῖν καὶ τἄλλα πάντα σαφηνίζει, ἡ δὲ νὺξ διὰ τὸ σκοτεινὴ εἶναι ἀσαφεστέρα ἐστίν, ἄστρα ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἀνέφηναν, ἃ ἡμῖν τῆς νυκτὸς τὰς ὥρας ἐμφανίζει καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πολλὰ ὧν δεόμεθα πράττομεν; — Ἔστι ταῦτα, ἔφη. — Ἀλλὰ μὴν ἥ γε σελήνη οὐ μόνον τῆς νυκτός, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ μηνὸς τὰ μέρη φανερὰ ἡμῖν ποιεῖ. — Πάνυ μὲν οὖν, ἔφη.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 1
p. 9136 Aristotle, from the letter to Alexander (5)
He is also named Fruit-bringer from fruits and Protector of the City from the city; Patron of Birth, of Kindred, of the Household Enclosure, and of Ancestral Life, from his relation to these things. He is Patron of Companionship, Friendship, and Guests; also God of Armies and Bearer of Trophies, Purifier and Avenger of Blood, Protector of Suppliants and Gracious One, as the poets say. He is truly Savior and Liberator [so to speak]. To say it all, he is Heavenly and Earthly, bearing names from every nature and fortune, since he himself is the cause of all.90
37 Xenophon, Memorabilia IV (1)
“Tell me, Euthydemus,” he said, “has it ever occurred to you to consider how carefully the gods have provided what human beings need?” “No, by Zeus, it has not occurred to me.” “But you know, surely, that first of all we need light, which the gods provide us?” “Indeed: without it we should be like blind people, for all the good our eyes would do us.” “And since we also need rest, they provide night, the finest opportunity for rest.” “Certainly; that too deserves gratitude.”91
“Then again, the bright sun makes clear to us the times of day and everything else, whereas night, being dark, is less clear. So they have made stars appear at night, which show us its divisions and enable us to do many things we need to do.” “That is so.” “Moreover, the moon makes clear to us not only the divisions of the night but also those of the month.” “Most certainly.”
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