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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordNephros is a kidney.
- In StobaeusThe account associated with Timaeus describes drink passing through the lung, beneath the kidneys, and toward the bladder.
- In this edition“Kidney” is straightforward, but the surrounding physiology should be translated as stated rather than silently corrected.
- A place to beginThe kidneys help locate the reported path of drink toward the bladder.
- English renderings
- kidney
Meaning
Nephros is a kidney. Its explanatory role in the cited physiological account concerns the route of drink through the body.
Use in the book
The account associated with Timaeus describes drink passing through the lung, beneath the kidneys, and toward the bladder. It combines this route with a discussion of marrow and generation. The kidneys function here as anatomical landmarks within an ancient explanation; the passage does not explicitly set out a modern account of renal filtration.
Places to read
- I.47.1.3The kidneys help locate the reported path of drink toward the bladder.
Translation in this edition
“Kidney” is straightforward, but the surrounding physiology should be translated as stated rather than silently corrected.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 298–299. The historical identification of a named organ does not make every process attributed to the surrounding organs anatomically accurate.