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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAugē is radiance or a gleam, the brightness by which something shines or appears illuminated.
- In StobaeusThe quotation from Homer compares shining bronze to the radiance of fire or the rising sun.
- In this edition“Radiance” conveys luminous appearance; it does not identify a particular physical substance.
- A place to beginThe radiance of fire and sun supplies a Homeric comparison used in a later argument.
- English renderings
- radiance; gleam
Meaning
Augē is radiance or a gleam, the brightness by which something shines or appears illuminated.
Use in the book
The quotation from Homer compares shining bronze to the radiance of fire or the rising sun. Its ancient interpreter uses the alternatives to argue that Homer distinguished the sun from fire. The poetic comparison itself and the physical doctrine inferred from it should be kept separate.
Places to read
- I.25.7.1The radiance of fire and sun supplies a Homeric comparison used in a later argument.
Translation in this edition
“Radiance” conveys luminous appearance; it does not identify a particular physical substance.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 214. The prose interpretation is from the work on Homer transmitted under Plutarch’s name and conventionally attributed to Pseudo-Plutarch.