From the book
Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
Browse this book’s lexicon →Orientation
At a Glance
- The wordAuchēn is the neck.
- In StobaeusThe Timaeus account describes marrow extending from the head down the neck and through the spine, then connects it with the reproductive outlet.
- In this edition“Neck” is direct and should not be replaced with a more specific structure absent from the Greek.
- A place to beginThe neck forms part of the described course of marrow.
- English renderings
- neck
Meaning
Auchēn is the neck. In anatomical descriptions it can mark the route connecting head and trunk.
Use in the book
The Timaeus account describes marrow extending from the head down the neck and through the spine, then connects it with the reproductive outlet. The neck locates one segment of that continuity. Its role is spatial within a theory identifying reproductive seed with marrow.
Places to read
- I.47.1.3The neck forms part of the described course of marrow.
Translation in this edition
“Neck” is direct and should not be replaced with a more specific structure absent from the Greek.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 298–299. The identification of seed with marrow belongs to the dialogue’s ancient account, not to modern reproductive anatomy.