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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKylindros is a cylinder.
- In StobaeusThe account contrasts a solar spiral in a sphere with a spiral around a cylinder.
- In this edition“Cylinder” preserves the proposed geometry; the spiral’s straight advance does not make its motion purely rectilinear.
- A place to beginA cylindrical spiral is contrasted with a spherical account of the sun’s course.
- English renderings
- cylinder
Meaning
Kylindros is a cylinder. In an astronomical description, it can define the surface around which a spiral course is conceived.
Use in the book
The account contrasts a solar spiral in a sphere with a spiral around a cylinder. In the latter description, straight advance and circular winding are combined. The figure explains the path’s organization and need not be treated as a visible cylindrical body enclosing the sun.
Places to read
- I.25.3i.2A cylindrical spiral is contrasted with a spherical account of the sun’s course.
Translation in this edition
“Cylinder” preserves the proposed geometry; the spiral’s straight advance does not make its motion purely rectilinear.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 211. The unnamed holders of the cylindrical account are not securely identified by this excerpt.