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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordKōlon is a limb or bodily member.
- In StobaeusIn the Timaeus account, creatures plant their forelimbs and heads on earth as their bodily forms reflect an earthward inclination.
- In this edition“Limb” is natural; “forelimb” translates the additional qualifier, not the noun by itself.
- A place to beginForelimbs are placed on earth in the account of bodily transformation.
- English renderings
- limb; bodily member
Meaning
Kōlon is a limb or bodily member. It overlaps with melos without requiring the two nouns to designate identical anatomical subdivisions everywhere.
Use in the book
In the Timaeus account, creatures plant their forelimbs and heads on earth as their bodily forms reflect an earthward inclination. Kōla here are supporting limbs, distinct from the feet subsequently counted and from the heads accompanying them.
Places to read
- I.47.1.7Forelimbs are placed on earth in the account of bodily transformation.
Translation in this edition
“Limb” is natural; “forelimb” translates the additional qualifier, not the noun by itself.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 300. The account associates bodily configuration with habitual psychic activity. Its causal framework remains the narrative’s own.