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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEpitolē is a rising or appearance above the horizon, used here of stars.
- In StobaeusThe report links weather signs in winter and summer with stellar risings and settings.
- In this edition“Rising” preserves the report’s level of specificity.
- A place to beginStellar risings and settings are associated with seasonal weather signs.
- English renderings
- rising of a star
Meaning
Epitolē is a rising or appearance above the horizon, used here of stars. A more specific astronomical sense needs further contextual evidence.
Use in the book
The report links weather signs in winter and summer with stellar risings and settings. These appearances provide a framework for recognizing seasonal conditions. The brief statement does not specify a detailed observational definition for every rising, so “heliacal rising” would be more precise than the surviving wording warrants.
Places to read
- I.24.1l.2Stellar risings and settings are associated with seasonal weather signs.
Translation in this edition
“Rising” preserves the report’s level of specificity.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 203–204. The preceding list gives an ordering of heavenly bodies ascribed to Plato in this report; it differs from the ordering in the Timaeus.