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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordLoxos describes an oblique relation to another direction or circle.
- In StobaeusThe zodiacal circle is oblique to the equator and tropics, whereas the meridian crosses the parallel circles at right angles.
- In this edition“Oblique” suits the geometrical relation; “slanting” is a less technical alternative when the reference remains clear.
- A place to beginThe zodiac’s obliquity is distinguished from the meridian’s perpendicular crossings.
- English renderings
- oblique; slanting
Meaning
Loxos describes an oblique relation to another direction or circle. Inclination is meaningful only in relation to the relevant reference.
Use in the book
The zodiacal circle is oblique to the equator and tropics, whereas the meridian crosses the parallel circles at right angles. The contrast differentiates kinds of celestial circle. It does not make the zodiac another member of the set of mutually parallel circles.
Places to read
- I.23.3.2The zodiac’s obliquity is distinguished from the meridian’s perpendicular crossings.
Translation in this edition
“Oblique” suits the geometrical relation; “slanting” is a less technical alternative when the reference remains clear.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 201. The Greek’s “touching” includes meeting the equator and the two tropics in different ways. The rejected preposition is not used to reconstruct a new geometry.