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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEuthys means straight; its feminine form can stand for an understood straight line.
- In StobaeusThe celestial description asks the reader to imagine a straight line joining the two fixed poles.
- In this editionSupply “line” when the substantival adjective requires it in English.
- A place to beginA straight line through the poles defines the celestial axis.
- English renderings
- straight; a straight line
Meaning
Euthys means straight; its feminine form can stand for an understood straight line. The geometrical sense differs from the adverbial “immediately.”
Use in the book
The celestial description asks the reader to imagine a straight line joining the two fixed poles. This line is the axis and a diameter of the spherical cosmos, with earth at its center. Straightness specifies the imagined connection, whereas circular motion belongs to the revolving whole.
Places to read
- I.40.1.3A straight line through the poles defines the celestial axis.
Translation in this edition
Supply “line” when the substantival adjective requires it in English. Do not make the imagined line a material rod.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 256. The passage explains a geocentric celestial model by comparison with a sphere revolving on a lathe.