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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordCharis can mean favor, gratitude, or grace and charm.
- In StobaeusThe lyric hymn depicts grace shining around Fortune’s golden wing while praising her gifts of honor, relief, and light.
- In this edition“Grace” preserves the radiant image; “favor” suits a more explicit act of benefaction.
- A place to beginGrace shines around Fortune within a favorable hymn.
- English renderings
- grace; favor; charm
Meaning
Charis can mean favor, gratitude, or grace and charm. The local image determines which aspect is prominent.
Use in the book
The lyric hymn depicts grace shining around Fortune’s golden wing while praising her gifts of honor, relief, and light. Grace is part of Fortune’s attractive and beneficent appearance. The passage does not introduce a technical doctrine of grace in a later theological sense.
Places to read
- I.6.13Grace shines around Fortune within a favorable hymn.
Translation in this edition
“Grace” preserves the radiant image; “favor” suits a more explicit act of benefaction.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 86. The poet is unidentified. Its favorable account of Fortune stands alongside contrasting views elsewhere in the anthology.