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Παυσανίη, σὺ δὲ κλῦθι δαΐφρονος Ἀγχίτου υἱέ.
And do thou give ear, Pausanias, son of Anchitos the wise!
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers · viii. 60
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Diog. Laer. viii. 60.
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Παυσανία, σὺ δὲ κλῦθι, δαΐφρονος Ἀγχίτου υἱέ.
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στεινωποὶ μὲν γὰρ παλάμαι κατὰ γυῖα κέχυνται·
πολλὰ δὲ δείλ’ ἔμπαια, τά τ’ ἀμβλύνουσι μερίμνας.
παῦρον δὲ ζωῆς ἰδίου μέρος ἀθρήσαντες
ὠκύμοροι καπνοῖο δίκην ἀρθέντες ἀπέπταν
αὐτὸ μόνον πεισθέντες, ὅτωι προσέκυρσεν ἕκαστος
πάντοσ’ ἐλαυνόμενοι, τὸ δ’ ὅλον ⟨πᾶς⟩ εὔχεται εὑρεῖν·
οὕτως οὔτ’ ἐπιδερκτὰ τάδ’ ἀνδράσιν οὐδ’ ἐπακουστά
οὔτε νόωι περιληπτά. σὺ δ’ οὖν, ἐπεὶ ὧδ’ ἐλιάσθης,
πεύσεαι οὐ πλέον ἠὲ βροτείη μῆτις ὄρωρεν.
For straitened are the powers that are spread over their bodily parts, and many are the woes that burst in on them and blunt the edge of their careful thoughts! They behold but a brief span of a life that is no life, and, doomed to swift death, are borne up and fly off like smoke. Each is convinced of that alone which he had chanced upon as he is hurried to and fro, and idly boasts he has found the whole. So hardly can these things be seen by the eyes or heard by the ears of men, so hardly grasped by their mind! Thou, then, since thou hast found thy way hither, shalt learn no more than mortal mind hath power.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · vii. 123-124
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Sext. Emp. Math. vii. 123-124.
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στεινωποὶ μὲν γὰρ παλάμαι κατὰ γυῖα κέχυνται· πολλὰ δὲ δειλ’ ἔμπαια, τά τ’ ἀμβλύνουσι μερίμνας. παῦρον δὲ ζωῆς ἀβίου μέρος ἀθρήσαντες
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ἀλλὰ θεοὶ τῶν μὲν μανίην ἀποτρέψατε γλώσσης,
ἐκ δ’ ὁσίων στομάτων καθαρὴν ὀχετεύσατε πηγήν.
καὶ σέ, πολυμνήστη λευκώλενε παρθένε Μοῦσα,
ἄντομαι, ὧν θέμις ἐστὶν ἐφημερίοισιν ἀκούειν,
πέμπε παρ’ Εὐσεβίης ἐλάουσ’ εὐήνιον ἅρμα.
μηδέ σέ γ’ εὐδόξοιο βιήσεται ἄνθεα τιμῆς
πρὸς θνητῶν ἀνελέσθαι, ἐφ’ ὧι θ’ ὁσίης πλέον εἰπεῖν
θάρσεϊ καὶ τότε δὴ σοφίης ἐπ’ ἄκροισι θοάζειν.
ἀλλ’ ἄγ’ ἄθρει πάσηι παλάμηι, πῆι δῆλον ἕκαστον,
μήτε τι ὄψιν ἔχων πίστει πλέον ἢ κατ’ ἀκουήν
ἢ ἀκοὴν ἐρίδουπον ὑπὲρ τρανώματα γλώσσης,
μήτε τι τῶν ἄλλων, ὁπόσηι πόρος ἐστὶ νοῆσαι,
γυίων πίστιν ἔρυκε, νόει θ’ ἧι δῆλον ἕκαστον.
But, O ye gods, turn aside from my tongue the madness of those men. Hallow my lips and make a pure stream flow from them! And thee, much-wooed, white-armed Virgin Muse, do I beseech that I may hear what is lawful for the children of a day! Speed me on my way from the abode of Holiness and drive my willing car! Thee shall no garlands of glory and honour at the hands of mortals constrain to lift them from the ground, on condition of speaking in thy pride beyond that which is lawful and right, and so to gain a seat upon the heights of wisdom.
Go to now, consider with all thy powers in what way each thing is clear. Hold not thy sight in greater credit as compared with thy hearing, nor value thy resounding ear above the clear instructions of thy tongue; and do not withhold thy confidence in any of thy other bodily parts by which there is an opening for understanding, but consider everything in the way it is clear.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · vii. 125
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Sext. Emp. Math. vii. 125
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ἀλλὰ, θεοὶ, τῶν μὲν μανίην ἀποτρέψατε γλώσσης, ἐκ δ’ ὁσίων στομάτων καθαρὴν ὀχετεύσατε πηγήν. καὶ σέ, πολυμνήστη λευκώλενε παρθένε Μοῦσα, ἄντομαι, ὧν θέμις ἐστὶν ἐφημερίοισιν ἀκούειν, πέμπε παρ’ εὐσεβίης, ἐλάουσ’ εὐήνιον ἅρμα· μηδὲ μέ γ’ εὐδόξοιο βιήσεται ἄνθεα τιμῆς
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ἀλλὰ κακοῖς μὲν χαρτὰ πέλει κρατέουσιν ἀπιστεῖν.
ὡς δὲ παρ’ ἡμετέρης κέλεται πιστώματα Μούσης,
γνῶθι διασσηθέντος ἐνὶ σπλάγχνοισι λόγοιο.
But it is ever the way of low minds to disbelieve their betters. Do thou learn as the sure testimonies of my Muse bid thee, dividing the argument in thy heart.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 656
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Clem. Al. Strom. 656
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ἀλλὰ κακοῖς μὲν κάρτα πέλει κρατέουσιν ἀπιστεῖν. ὡς δὲ παρ’ ἡμετέρης κέλεται πιστώματα Μούσης, γνῶθι, διατμηθέντος ἐνὶ σπλάγχνοισι λόγοιο.
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στεγάσαι φρενὸς ἔλλοπος εἴσω.
... to keep within thy dumb heart.
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τέσσαρα γὰρ πάντων ῥιζώματα πρῶτον ἄκουε·
Ζεὺς ἀργὴς Ἥρη τε φερέσβιος ἠδ’ Ἀιδωνεύς
Νῆστίς θ’, ἣ δακρύοις τέγγει κρούνωμα βρότειον.
Hear first the four roots of all things: shining Zeus, life-bringing Hera, Aidoneus, and Nestis whose tear-drops are a well-spring to mortals.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · ix. 362, and x. 315
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Sext. Emp. Math. ix. 362, and x. 315
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τέσσαρα τῶν πάντων ῥιζώματα πρῶτον ἄκουε· Ζεὺς ἀργὴς Ἥρη τε φερέσβιος ἠδ’ Ἀιδωνεὺς Νῆστίς θ’ ἣ δακρύοις τέγγει κρούνωμα βρότειον.
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... uncreated.
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ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω· φύσις οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων
θνητῶν, οὐδέ τις οὐλομένου θανάτοιο τελευτή,
ἀλλὰ μόνον μίξις τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντων
ἐστί, φύσις δ’ ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνομάζεται ἀνθρώποισιν.
And I shall tell thee another thing. There is no coming into being of aught that perishes, nor any end for it in baneful death; but only mingling and change of what has been mingled. Coming into being is but a name given to these by men.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Against Colotes · 10 (1111 F)
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Plut. Mor. 1111 F
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ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω· φύσις οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν, οὐδέ τις οὐλομένου θανάτοιο τελευτή, ἀλλὰ μόνον μεῖξίς τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντων
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- Pseudo-Plutarch
Opinions of the Philosophers · I.30 (885 D)
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885 D
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ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω· φύσις οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντων θνητῶν, οὐδέ τις οὐλομένου θανάτοιο τελευτή, ἀλλὰ μόνον μεῖξίς τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντων
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οἱ δ’ ὅτε μὲν κατὰ φῶτα μιγέντ’ εἰς αἰθέρ’ ⟨ἵκωνται⟩
ἢ κατὰ θηρῶν ἀγροτέρων γένος ἢ κατὰ θάμνων
ἠὲ κατ’ οἰωνῶν, τότε μὲν τὸ ⟨λέγουσι⟩ γενέσθαι·
εὖτε δ’ ἀποκρινθῶσι, τὰ δ’ αὖ δυσδαίμονα πότμον·
ἣ θέμις ⟨οὐ⟩ καλέουσι, νόμωι δ’ ἐπίφημι καὶ αὐτός.
But, when the elements have been mingled in the fashion of a man and come to the light of day, or in the fashion of the race of wild beasts or plants or birds, then men say that these come into being; and when they are separated, they call that woeful death. They call it not aright; but I too follow the custom, and call it so myself.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Against Colotes · 11 (1113 A–B)
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Plut. Colot. 1113 C
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ἢ κατὰ θηρῶν ἀγροτέρων γένος ἢ κατὰ θάμνων ἠὲ κατ’ οἰωνῶν, τότε μὲν τὰ λέγουσι γενέσθαι·
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Avenging death.
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νήπιοι· οὐ γάρ σφιν δολιχόφρονές εἰσι μέριμναι,
οἳ δὴ γίγνεσθαι πάρος οὐκ ἐὸν ἐλπίζουσιν
ἤ τι καταθνήισκειν τε καὶ ἐξόλλυσθαι ἁπάντηι.
Fools!—for they have no far-reaching thoughts—who deem that what before was not comes into being, or that aught can perish and be utterly destroyed.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Against Colotes · 1113 C
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Plut. Colot. 1113 C .
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νήπιοι· οὐ γάρ σφιν δολιχόφρονές εἰσι μέριμναι, οἳ δὴ γίγνεσθαι πάρος οὐκ ἐὸν ἐλπίζουσιν ἤ τι καταθνῄσκειν τε καὶ ἐξόλλυσθαι ἁπάντῃ.
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ἔκ τε γὰρ οὐδάμ’ ἐόντος ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι
καί τ’ ἐὸν ἐξαπολέσθαι ἀνήνυστον καὶ ἄπυστον·
αἰεὶ γὰρ τῆι γ’ ἔσται, ὅπηι κέ τις αἰὲν ἐρείδηι.
For it cannot be that aught can arise from what in no way is, and it is impossible and unheard of that what is should perish; for it will always be, wherever one may keep putting it.
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- Pseudo-Aristotle
On Melissus, Xenophanes and Gorgias · 2; 975 a 36
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Arist. de X. Z. G. 2; 975 a 36
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ἔκ τε γὰρ οὐδάμ’ ἐόντος ἀμήχανόν ἐστι γενέσθαι, καί τ’ ἐὸν ἐξαπολέσθαι ἀνήνυστον καὶ ἄπυστον· αἰεὶ γὰρ στήσονται ὅπη κέ τις αἰὲν ἐρείδῃ.
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οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.
And in the All there is naught empty and naught too full.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Stobaeus
Anthology · i. 18
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Stob. Ecl. i. 18
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οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.
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τοῦ παντὸς δ’ οὐδὲν κενεόν· πόθεν οὖν τί κ’ ἐπέλθοι;
In the All there is naught empty. Whence, then, could aught come to increase it?
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οὐκ ἂν ἀνὴρ τοιαῦτα σοφὸς φρεσὶ μαντεύσαιτο,
ὡς ὄφρα μέν τε βιῶσι, τὸ δὴ βίοτον καλέουσι,
τόφρα μὲν οὖν εἰσίν, καί σφιν πάρα δειλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά,
πρὶν δὲ πάγεν τε βροτοὶ καὶ ⟨ἐπεὶ⟩ λύθεν, οὐδὲν ἄρ’ εἰσιν.
A man who is wise in such matters would never surmise in his heart that as long as mortals live what they call their life, so long they are, and suffer good and ill; while before they were formed and after they have been dissolved they are just nothing at all.
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- Plutarch
Against Colotes · 1113 D
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Plut. Colot. 1113 D .
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ὡς ὄφρα μέν τε βιοῦσι, τὸ δὴ βίοτον καλέουσι, τόφρα μὲν οὖν εἰσὶν καί σφιν πάρα δειλὰ καὶ ἐσθλά, πρὶν δὲ πάγεν τε βροτοὶ καὶ ἐπεὶ λύθεν, οὐδὲν ἄρ’ εἰσίν.
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ἧι γὰρ καὶ πάρος ἔσκε, καὶ ἔσσεται, οὐδέ ποτ’, οἴω,
τούτων ἀμφοτέρων κενεώσεται ἄσπετος αἰών.
For of a truth they (Strife and Love) were aforetime and shall be; nor ever, methinks, will boundless time be emptied of that pair.
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- Hippolytus
Refutation of All Heresies · 247 Mill
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Hippol. Ref. haer. 247 Mill.
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καὶ γὰρ καὶ πάρος ἦν τε καὶ ἔσσεται, οὐδέ ποτ’, οἴω, τούτων ἀμφοτέρων κεινώσεται ἄσπετος αἰών.
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δίπλ’ ἐρέω· τοτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἓν ηὐξήθη μόνον εἶναι
ἐκ πλεόνων, τοτὲ δ’ αὖ διέφυ πλέον’ ἐξ ἑνὸς εἶναι.
δοιὴ δὲ θνητῶν γένεσις, δοιὴ δ’ ἀπόλειψις·
τὴν μὲν γὰρ πάντων σύνοδος τίκτει τ’ ὀλέκει τε,
ἡ δὲ πάλιν διαφυομένων θρεφθεῖσα διέπτη.
καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀλλάσσοντα διαμπερὲς οὐδαμὰ λήγει,
ἄλλοτε μὲν Φιλότητι συνερχόμεν’ εἰς ἓν ἅπαντα,
ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ δίχ’ ἕκαστα φορεύμενα Νείκεος ἔχθει.
⟨οὕτως ἧι μὲν ἓν ἐκ πλεόνων μεμάθηκε φύεσθαι⟩
ἠδὲ πάλιν διαφύντος ἑνὸς πλέον’ ἐκτελέθουσι,
τῆι μὲν γίγνονταί τε καὶ οὔ σφισιν ἔμπεδος αἰών·
ἧι δὲ διαλλάσσοντα διαμπερὲς οὐδαμὰ λήγει,
ταύτηι δ’ αἰὲν ἔασιν ἀκίνητοι κατὰ κύκλον.
ἀλλ’ ἄγε μύθων κλῦθι· μάθη γάρ τοι φρένας αὔξει·
ὡς γὰρ καὶ πρὶν ἔειπα πιφαύσκων πείρατα μύθων,
δίπλ’ ἐρέω· τοτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἓν ηὐξήθη μόνον εἶναι
ἐκ πλεόνων, τοτὲ δ’ αὖ διέφυ πλέον’ ἐξ ἑνὸς εἶναι,
πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα καὶ ἠέρος ἄπλετον ὕψος,
Νεῖκός τ’ οὐλόμενον δίχα τῶν, ἀτάλαντον ἁπάντηι,
καὶ Φιλότης ἐν τοῖσιν, ἴση μῆκός τε πλάτος τε·
τὴν σὺ νόωι δέρκευ, μηδ’ ὄμμασιν ἧσο τεθηπώς·
ἥτις καὶ θνητοῖσι νομίζεται ἔμφυτος ἄρθροις,
τῆι τε φίλα φρονέουσι καὶ ἄρθμια ἔργα τελοῦσι,
Γηθοσύνην καλέοντες ἐπώνυμον ἠδ’ Ἀφροδίτην·
τὴν οὔ τις μετὰ τοῖσιν ἑλισσομένην δεδάηκε
θνητὸς ἀνήρ· σὺ δ’ ἄκουε λόγου στόλον οὐκ ἀπατηλόν.
ταῦτα γὰρ ἶσά τε πάντα καὶ ἥλικα γένναν ἔασι,
τιμῆς δ’ ἄλλης ἄλλο μέδει, πάρα δ’ ἦθος ἑκάστωι,
ἐν δὲ μέρει κρατέουσι περιπλομένοιο χρόνοιο.
καὶ πρὸς τοῖς οὔτ’ ἄρ τέ τι γίγνεται οὔτ’ ἀπολήγει·
εἴτε γὰρ ἐφθείροντο διαμπερές, οὐκέτ’ ἂν ἦσαν,
τοῦτο δ’ ἐπαυξήσειε τὸ πᾶν τί κε καὶ πόθεν ἐλθόν;
πῆι δέ κε κἠξαπόλοιτο, ἐπεὶ τῶνδ’ οὐδὲν ἔρημον;
ἀλλ’ αὐτ(ά) ἐστιν ταῦτα, δι’ ἀλλήλων δὲ θέοντα
γίγνεται ἄλλοτε ἄλλα καὶ ἠνεκὲς αἰὲν ὁμοῖα.
I shall tell thee a twofold tale. At one time it grew to be one only out of many; at another, it divided up to be many instead of one. There is a double becoming of perishable things and a double passing away. The coming together of all things brings one generation into being and destroys it; the other grows up and is scattered as things become divided. And these things never cease continually changing places, at one time all uniting in one through Love, at another each borne in different directions by the repulsion of Strife. Thus, as far as it is their nature to grow into one out of many, and to become many once more when the one is parted asunder, so far they come into being and their life abides not. But, inasmuch as they never cease changing their places continually, so far they are ever immovable as they go round the circle of existence.
But come, hearken to my words, for it is learning that increaseth wisdom. As I said before, when I declared the heads of my discourse, I shall tell thee a twofold tale. At one time it grew together to be one only out of many, at another it parted asunder so as to be many instead of one;—Fire and Water and Earth and the mighty height of Air; dread Strife, too, apart from these, of equal weight to each, and Love in their midst, equal in length and breadth. Her do thou contemplate with thy mind, nor sit with dazed eyes. It is she that is known as being implanted in the frame of mortals. It is she that makes them have thoughts of love and work the works of peace. They call her by the names of Joy and Aphrodite. Her has no mortal yet marked moving round among them, but do thou attend to the undeceitful ordering of my discourse.
For all these are equal and alike in age, yet each has a different prerogative and its own peculiar nature, but they gain the upper hand in turn when the time comes round. And nothing comes into being besides these, nor do they pass away; for, if they had been passing away continually, they would not be now, and what could increase this All and whence could it come? How, too, could it perish, since no place is empty of these things? There are these alone; but, running through one another, they become now this, now that, and like things evermore.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, third edition (1920)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 34 r 158, 1 sq
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Simpl. in Arist. Phys. 34 r 158, 1 sq
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δίπλ’ ἐρέω· τοτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἓν ηὐξήθη μόνον εἶναι ἐκ πλεόνων, τοτὲ δ’ αὖ διέφυ πλέον’ ἐξ ἑνὸς εἶναι. δοιὴ δὲ θνητῶν γένεσις, δοιὴ δ’ ἀπόλειψις. τὴν μὲν γὰρ πάντων σύνοδος τίκτει τ’ ὀλέκει τε, ἡ δὲ πάλιν διαφυομένων θρεφθεῖσα διέπτη. καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀλλάσσοντα διαμπερὲς οὐδαμὰ λήγει, ἄλλοτε μὲν Φιλότητι συνερχόμεν’ εἰς ἓν ἅπαντα, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ δίχ’ ἕκαστα φορεύμενα Νείκεος ἔχθει,
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Love.
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Clinging Love.
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- Plutarch
On the Principle of Cold · 952 B
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Plut. de prim. frig. 952 B .
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σχεδύνην Φιλότητα.
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τοῦτο μὲν ἂν βροτέων μελέων ἀριδείκετον ὄγκον·
ἄλλοτε μὲν Φιλότητι συνερχόμεν’ εἰς ἓν ἅπαντα
γυῖα, τὰ σῶμα λέλογχε, βίου θαλέθοντος ἐν ἀκμῆι·
ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε κακῆισι διατμηθέντ’ Ἐρίδεσσι
πλάζεται ἄνδιχ’ ἕκαστα περὶ ῥηγμῖνι βίοιο.
ὡς δ’ αὔτως θάμνοισι καὶ ἰχθύσιν ὑδρομελάθροις
θηρσί τ’ ὀρειλεχέεσσιν ἰδὲ πτεροβάμοσι κύμβαις.
This (the contest of Love and Strife) is manifest in the mass of mortal limbs. At one time all the limbs that are the body’s portion are brought together by Love in blooming life’s high season; at another, severed by cruel Strife, they wander each alone by the breakers of life’s sea. It is the same with plants and the fish that make their homes in the waters, with the beasts that have their lairs on the hills and the seabirds that sail on wings.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 258 r
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Simpl. Phys. 258 r.
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πλάζεται ἄνδιχ’ ἕκαστα παρὰ ῥηγμῖνι βίοιο. ὡς δ’ αὔτως θάμνοισι καὶ ἰχθύσιν ὑδρομελάθροις θηρσί τ’ ὀρειλεχέεσσιν ἰδὲ πτεροβάμοισι κύμβαις.
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ἀλλ’ ἄγε, τῶνδ’ ὀάρων προτέρων ἐπιμάρτυρα δέρκευ,
εἴ τι καὶ ἐν προτέροισι λιπόξυλον ἔπλετο μορφῆι,
ἠέλιον μὲν θερμὸν ὁρᾶν καὶ λαμπρὸν ἁπάντηι,
ἄμβροτα δ’ ὅσσ’ ἴδει τε καὶ ἀργέτι δεύεται αὐγῆι,
ὄμβρον δ’ ἐν πᾶσι δνοφόεντά τε ῥιγαλέον τε·
ἐκ δ’ αἴης προρέουσι θέλυμνά τε καὶ στερεωπά.
ἐν δὲ Κότωι διάμορφα καὶ ἄνδιχα πάντα πέλονται,
σὺν δ’ ἔβη ἐν Φιλότητι καὶ ἀλλήλοισι ποθεῖται.
ἐκ τούτων γὰρ πάνθ’ ὅσα τ’ ἦν ὅσα τ’ ἔστι καὶ ἔσται,
δένδρεά τ’ ἐβλάστησε καὶ ἀνέρες ἠδὲ γυναῖκες,
θῆρές τ’ οἰωνοί τε καὶ ὑδατοθρέμμονες ἰχθῦς,
καί τε θεοὶ δολιχαίωνες τιμῆισι φέριστοι.
αὐτὰ γὰρ ἔστιν ταῦτα, δι’ ἀλλήλων δὲ θέοντα
γίγνεται ἀλλοιωπά· τόσον διὰ κρῆσις ἀμείβει.
Come now, look at the things that bear witness to my earlier discourse, if so be that there was any shortcoming as to their form in the earlier list. Behold the sun, everywhere bright and warm, and all the immortal things that are bathed in heat and bright radiance. Behold the rain, everywhere dark and cold; and from the earth issue forth things close-pressed and solid. When they are in strife all these are different in form and separated; but they come together in love, and are desired by one another.
For out of these have sprung all things that were and are and shall be—trees and men and women, beasts and birds and the fishes that dwell in the waters, yea, and the gods that live long lives and are exalted in honour.
For these things are what they are; but, running through one another, they take different shapes—so much does mixture change them.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 34 r 159, 13
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Simpl. Phys. 34 r 159, 13
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ἐν δὲ Κότῳ διάμορφα καὶ ἄνδιχα πάντα πέλονται, σὺν δ’ ἔβη ἐν Φιλότητι καὶ ἀλλήλοισι ποθεῖται. ἐκ τούτων γὰρ πάνθ’ ὅσα τ’ ἦν ὅσα τ’ ἔστι καὶ ἔσται, δένδρεά τ’ ἐβλάστησε καὶ ἀνέρες ἠδὲ γυναῖκες θῆρές τ’ οἰωνοί τε καὶ ὑδατοθρέμμονες ἰχθῦς καί τε θεοὶ δολιχαίωνες τιμῇσι φέριστοι.
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ἄρθμια μὲν γὰρ ταῦτα ἑαυτῶν πάντα μέρεσσιν,
ἠλέκτωρ τε χθών τε καὶ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα,
ὅσσα φιν ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἀποπλαχθέντα πέφυκεν.
ὡς δ’ αὔτως ὅσα κρᾶσιν ἐπαρκέα μᾶλλον ἔασιν,
ἀλλήλοις ἔστερκται ὁμοιωθέντ’ Ἀφροδίτηι.
ἐχθρὰ ⟨δ’ ἃ⟩ πλεῖστον ἀπ’ ἀλλήλων διέχουσι μάλιστα
γέννηι τε κρήσει τε καὶ εἴδεσιν ἐκμάκτοισι,
πάντηι συγγίνεσθαι ἀήθεα καὶ μάλα λυγρά
Νείκεος ἐννεσίηισιν, ὅτι σφίσι γένναν ἔοργεν.
For all of these—sun, earth, sky, and sea—are at one with all their parts that are cast far and wide from them in mortal things. And even so all things that are more adapted for mixture are like to one another and united in love by Aphrodite. Those things, again, that differ most in origin, mixture and the forms imprinted on each, are most hostile, being altogether unaccustomed to unite and very sorry by the bidding of Strife, since it hath wrought their birth.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 34 r 160, 28
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Simpl. Phys. 34 r 160, 28
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ἄρθμια μὲν γὰρ ἑαυτὰ ἑαυτῶν πάντα μέρεσσιν ἠλέκτωρ τε χθών τε καὶ οὐρανὸς ἠδὲ θάλασσα, ὅσσα φίλ’ ἐν θνητοῖσιν ἀποπλαγχθέντα πέφυκεν.
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ὡς δ’ ὁπόταν γραφέες ἀναθήματα ποικίλλωσιν
ἀνέρες ἀμφὶ τέχνης ὑπὸ μήτιος εὖ δεδαῶτε,
οἵτ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν μάρψωσι πολύχροα φάρμακα χερσίν,
ἁρμονίηι μείξαντε τὰ μὲν πλέω, ἄλλα δ’ ἐλάσσω,
ἐκ τῶν εἴδεα πᾶσιν ἀλίγκια πορσύνουσι,
δένδρεά τε κτίζοντε καὶ ἀνέρας ἠδὲ γυναῖκας
θῆράς τ’ οἰωνούς τε καὶ ὑδατοθρέμμονας ἰχθῦς
καί τε θεοὺς δολιχαίωνας τιμῆισι φερίστους·
οὕτω μή σ’ ἀπάτη φρένα καινύτω ἄλλοθεν εἶναι
θνητῶν, ὅσσα γε δῆλα γεγάκασιν ἄσπετα, πηγήν,
ἀλλὰ τορῶς ταῦτ’ ἴσθι, θεοῦ πάρα μῦθον ἀκούσας.
Just as when painters are elaborating temple-offerings, men whom wisdom hath well taught their art,—they, when they have taken pigments of many colours with their hands, mix them in due proportion, more of some and less of others, and from them produce shapes like unto all things, making trees and men and women, beasts and birds and fishes that dwell in the waters, yea, and gods, that live long lives, and are exalted in honour,—so let not the error prevail over thy mind, that there is any other source of all the perishable creatures that appear in countless numbers. Know this for sure, for thou hast heard the tale from a goddess.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 34 r 160, 1
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Simpl. Phys. 34 r 160, 1.
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ὡς δ’ ὁπόταν γραφέες ἀναθήματα ποικίλλωσιν ἀνέρες ἀμφὶ τέχνης ὑπὸ μήτιος εὖ δεδαῶτε οἵ τ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν μάρψωσι πολύχροα φάρμακα χερσίν, ἁρμονίῃ μίξαντε τὰ μὲν πλέω, ἄλλα δ’ ἐλάσσω,
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κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρηισι προσάπτων
μύθων μὴ τελέειν ἀτραπὸν μίαν,
Stepping from summit to summit, not to travel only one path to the end....
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- Plutarch
On the Obsolescence of Oracles · 418 C
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Plut. de orac. def. 418 C
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κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρῃσι προσάπτων μύθων, μήτε τελεῖν ἀτραπὸν μίαν·
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. . . . καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὃ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.
What is right may well be said even twice.
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- Plutarch
That Epicurus Actually Makes a Pleasant Life Impossible · 1103 F
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Plut. non pos. suav. viv. 1103 F
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δὶς γὰρ καὶ τρὶς δεῖ ὅ τι δὴ καλόν ἐστιν ἐνίσπειν.
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ἐν δὲ μέρει κρατέουσι περιπλομένοιο κύκλοιο,
καὶ φθίνει εἰς ἄλληλα καὶ αὔξεται ἐν μέρει αἴσης.
αὐτὰ γὰρ ἔστιν ταῦτα, δι’ ἀλλήλων δὲ θέοντα
γίνοντ(αι) ἄνθρωποί τε καὶ ἄλλων ἔθνεα θηρῶν
ἄλλοτε μὲν Φιλότητι συνερχόμεν’ εἰς ἕνα κόσμον,
ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ δίχ’ ἕκαστα φορούμενα Νείκεος ἔχθει,
εἰσόκεν ἓν συμφύντα τὸ πᾶν ὑπένερθε γένηται.
οὕτως ἧι μὲν ἓν ἐκ πλεόνων μεμάθηκε φύεσθαι,
ἠδὲ πάλιν διαφύντος ἑνὸς πλέον’ ἐκτελέθουσι,
τῆι μὲν γίγνονταί τε καὶ οὔ σφισιν ἔμπεδος αἰών·
ἧι δὲ τάδ’ ἀλλάσσοντα διαμπερὲς οὐδαμὰ λήγει,
ταύτηι δ’ αἰὲν ἔασιν ἀκίνητοι κατὰ κύκλον.
For they prevail in turn as the circle comes round, and pass into one another, and grow great in their appointed turn.
They are what they are; but, running through one another, they become men and the tribes of beasts. At one time they are all brought together into one order by Love; at another, they are carried each in different directions by the repulsion of Strife, till they grow once more into one and are wholly subdued. Thus in so far as they are wont to grow into one out of many, and again divided become more than one, so far they come into being, and their life is not lasting; but in so far as they never cease changing continually, so far are they evermore, immovable in the circle.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 8 r 33, 19
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Simpl. Phys. 8 r 33, 19.
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ἐν δὲ μέρει κρατέουσι περιπλομένοιο κύκλοιο καὶ φθίνει εἰς ἄλληλα καὶ αὔξεται ἐν μέρει αἴσης. ἀλλ’ αὔτ’ ἔστιν ταῦτα· δι’ ἀλλήλων δὲ θέοντα
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ἔνθ’ οὔτ’ Ἠελίοιο διείδεται ὠκέα γυῖα
οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ’ αἴης λάσιον μένος οὐδὲ θάλασσα·
οὕτως Ἁρμονίης πυκινῶι κρύφωι ἐστήρικται
Σφαῖρος κυκλοτερὴς μονίηι περιηγέι γαίων.
There are distinguished neither the swift limbs of the sun, no, nor the shaggy earth in its might, nor the sea,—so fast was the god bound in the close covering of Harmony, spherical and round, rejoicing in his circular solitude.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 272 v
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Simpl. Phys. 272 v
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οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδ’ αἴης λάσιον μένος οὐδὲ θάλασσα· οὕτως ἁρμονίης πυκινῷ κύτει ἐστήρικται
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οὐ στάσις οὐδέ τε δῆρις ἀναίσιμος ἐν μελέεσσιν.
There is no discord and no unseemly strife in his limbs.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 184; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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ἀλλ’ ὅ γε πάντοθεν ἶσος ⟨ἔην⟩ καὶ πάμπαν ἀπείρων
Σφαῖρος κυκλοτερὴς μονίηι περιηγέι γαίων.
But he was equal on every side and quite without end, spherical and round, rejoicing in his circular solitude.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 272 v
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Simpl. Phys. 272 v
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σφαῖρος κυκλοτερὴς μονίῃ περιηγέϊ γαίων.
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οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ νώτοιο δύο κλάδοι ἀίσσονται,
οὐ πόδες, οὐ θοὰ γοῦν(α), οὐ μήδεα γεννήεντα,
ἀλλὰ σφαῖρος ἔην καὶ ⟨πάντοθεν⟩ ἶσος ἑαυτῶι.
Two branches do not spring from his back, he has no feet, no swift knees, no fruitful parts; but he was spherical and equal on every side.
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- Ammonius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On Interpretation · 199 b
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Ammon. on Arist. de interpret. 199 b
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οὐ μὲν ἀπαὶ νώτοιο δύο κλάδοι ἀίσσονται, οὐ πόδες, οὐ θοὰ γοῦν’, οὐ μήδεα λαχνήεντα,
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αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ μέγα Νεῖκος ἐνὶμμελέεσσιν ἐθρέφθη
ἐς τιμάς τ’ ἀνόρουσε τελειομένοιο χρόνοιο,
ὅς σφιν ἀμοιβαῖος πλατέος παρελήλαται ὅρκου . . .
But, when Strife was grown great in the limbs of the god and sprang forth to claim his prerogatives, in the fulness of the alternate time set for them by the mighty oath, ...
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- Aristotle
Metaphysics · 1000b13
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Arist. Meta. ii. 4; 1000 b 13
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αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ μέγα Νεῖκος ἐνὶ μελέεσσιν ἐθρέφθη ἐς τιμάς τ’ ἀνόρουσε τελειομένοιο χρόνοιο, ὅς σφιν ἀμοιβαῖος πλατέος παρελήλαται ὅρκου.
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πάντα γὰρ ἑξείης πελεμίζετο γυῖα θεοῖο.
for all the limbs of the god in turn quaked.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 272 v
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Simpl. Phys. 272 v.
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πάντα γὰρ ἑξείης πελεμίζετο γυῖα θεοῖο.
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The joint binds two things.
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ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ὀπὸς γάλα λευκὸν ἐγόμφωσεν καὶ ἔδησε . . .
Even as when fig juice rivets and binds white milk....
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- Plutarch
On Having Many Friends · 95 A
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Plut. de amic. mult. 95 A
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ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ὀπὸς γάλα λευκὸν ἐγόμφωσεν καὶ ἔδησε.
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ἄλφιτον ὕδατι κολλήσας . . .
Cementing meal with water....
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- Aristotle
Meteorology · iv. 4; 382 a 1
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Arist. Meteor. iv. 4; 382 a 1
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ἄλφιτον ὕδατι κολλήσας ...
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αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ παλίνορσος ἐλεύσομαι ἐς πόρον ὕμνων,
τὸν πρότερον κατέλεξα, λόγου λόγον ἐξοχετεύων,
κεῖνον· ἐπεὶ Νεῖκος μὲν ἐνέρτατον ἵκετο βένθος
δίνης, ἐν δὲ μέσηι Φιλότης στροφάλιγγι γένηται,
ἐν τῆι δὴ τάδε πάντα συνέρχεται ἓν μόνον εἶναι,
οὐκ ἄφαρ, ἀλλὰ θελημὰ συνιστάμεν’ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλα.
τῶν δέ τε μισγομένων χεῖτ’ ἔθνεα μυρία θνητῶν·
πολλὰ δ’ ἄμειχθ’ ἔστηκε κεραιομένοισιν ἐναλλάξ,
ὅσσ’ ἔτι Νεῖκος ἔρυκε μετάρσιον· οὐ γὰρ ἀμεμφέως
τῶν πᾶν ἐξέστηκεν ἐπ’ ἔσχατα τέρματα κύκλου,
ἀλλὰ τὰ μέν τ’ ἐνέμιμνε, μελέων τὰ δέ τ’ ἐξεβεβήκει.
ὅσσον δ’ αἰὲν ὑπεκπροθέοι, τόσον αἰὲν ἐπήιει
ἠπιόφρων Φιλότητος ἀμεμφέος ἄμβροτος ὁρμή·
αἶψα δὲ θνήτ’ ἐφύοντο, τὰ πρὶν μάθον ἀθάνατ’ εἶναι,
ζωρά τε τὰ πρὶν ἄκρητα [, ἔκρητο?] διαλλάξαντα κελεύθους.
τῶν δέ τε μισγομένων χεῖτ’ ἔθνεα μυρία θνητῶν,
παντοίαις ἰδέηισιν ἀρηρότα, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι.
But now I shall retrace my steps over the paths of song that I have travelled before, drawing from my saying a new saying. When Strife was fallen to the lowest depth of the vortex, and Love had reached to the centre of the whirl, in it do all things come together so as to be one only; not all at once, but coming together at their will each from different quarters; and, as they mingled, countless tribes of mortal creatures were scattered abroad. Yet many things remained unmixed, alternating with the things that were being mixed, namely, all that Strife not fallen yet retained; for it had not yet altogether retired perfectly from them to the outermost boundaries of the circle. Some of it still remained within, and some had passed out from the limbs of the All. But in proportion as it kept rushing out, a soft, immortal stream of blameless Love kept running in, and straightway those things became mortal which had been immortal before, those things were mixed that had been unmixed, each changing its path. And, as they mingled, countless tribes of mortal creatures were scattered abroad endowed with all manner of forms, a wonder to behold.
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyron p. 27
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyron p. 27
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πὼ πᾶν ἐξέστηκεν ἐπ’ ἔσχατα τέρματα κύκλου. ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν τ’ ἐνέμιμνε μελέων, τὰ δέ τ’ ἐξεβεβήκει. ὅσσον δ’ αἰὲν ὑπεκπροθέοι, τόσον αἰὲν ἐπῄει
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τῶν δὲ συνερχομένων ἐξ ἔσχατον ἵστατο Νεῖκος
And as they were joining together Strife departed to the utmost boundary.
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyron p. 27
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyron p. 27
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τῶν δὲ συνερχομένων ἐπ’ ἔσχατον ἵστατο Νεῖκος.
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αὔξει δὲ χθὼν μὲν σφέτερον δέμας, αἰθέρα δ’ αἰθήρ.
Earth increases its own mass, and Air swells the bulk of Air.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
On Generation and Corruption · ii. 6; 333 b 1
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Arist. de gen. et corr. ii. 6; 333 b 1.
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αὔξει δὲ χθὼν μὲν σφέτερον δέμας, αἰθέρα δ’ αἰθήρ.
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. . . εἰ δ’ ἄγε τοι λέξω πρῶθ’ ἥλικά τ’ ἀρχήν,
ἐξ ὧν δῆλ’ ἐγένοντο τὰ νῦν ἐσορῶμεν ἅπαντα,
γαῖά τε καὶ πόντος πολυκύμων ἠδ’ ὑγρὸς ἀήρ
Τιτὰν ἠδ’ αἰθὴρ σφίγγων περὶ κύκλον ἅπαντα.
Come, I shall now tell thee first of all the beginning of the sun, and the sources from which have sprung all the things we now behold, the earth and the billowy sea, the damp vapour and the Titan air that binds his circle fast round all things.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 674
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Clem. Al. Strom. 674.
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ἐξ ὧν δὴ ἐγένοντο τὰ νῦν ἐσορώμενα πάντα, γαῖά τε καὶ πόντος πολυκύμων ἠδ’ ὑγρὸς ἀὴρ Τιτὰν ἠδ’ αἰθὴρ σφίγγων περὶ κύκλον ἅπαντα.
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εἴπερ ἀπείρονα γῆς τε βάθη καὶ δαψιλὸς αἰθήρ,
ὡς διὰ πολλῶν δὴ γλώσσης ῥηθέντα ματαίως
ἐκκέχυται στομάτων, ὀλίγον τοῦ παντὸς ἰδόντων.
If the depths of the earth and the vast air were infinite, a foolish saying which has been vainly dropped from the lips of many mortals, though they have seen but a little of the All....
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Pseudo-Aristotle
On Melissus, Xenophanes and Gorgias · 2; 976 a 35
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Arist. de X. Z. G. 2; 976 a 35
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ὡς διὰ πολλῶν δὴ βροτέων ῥηθέντα ματαίως ἐκκέχυται στομάτων, ὀλίγον τοῦ παντὸς ἰδόντων....
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ἥλιος ὀξυβελὴς ἠδ’ ἱλάειρα σελήνη
The sharp-darting sun and the gentle moon.
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ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἁλισθεὶς μέγαν οὐρανὸν ἀμφιπολεύει.
But (the sunlight) is gathered together and circles round the mighty heavens.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Macrobius
Saturnalia · i. 17
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Macrob. Saturn. i. 17
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ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἁλισθεὶς μέγαν οὐρανὸν ἀμφιπολεύει.
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ἀπεστέγασεν δέ οἱ αὐγάς,
ἔστ’ ἂν ἴηι καθύπερθεν, ἀπεσκνίφωσε δὲ γαίης
τόσσον ὅσον τ’ εὖρος γλαυκώπιδος ἔπλετο μήνης.
And she cuts off his rays as he goes above her, and casts a shadow on as much of the earth as is the breadth of the pale-faced moon.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
On the Face in the Moon · 929 C
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Plut. de fac. lun. 929 C .
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εἰς αἴθρην καθύπερθεν, ἐπεσκνίφωσε δὲ γαίης τόσσον ὅσον τ’ εὖρος γλαυκώπιδος ἔπλετο μήνης.
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ὣς αὐγὴ τύψασα σεληναίης κύκλον εὐρύν.
As sunlight striking the broad circle of the moon.
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
On the Face in the Moon · 929 E
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Plut. de fac. lun. 929 E .
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ὣς αὐγὴ τύψασα σεληναίης κύκλον εὐρύν.
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ἀνταυγεῖ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἀταρβήτοισι προσώποις.
It flashes back to Olympos with untroubled countenance.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
The Oracles at Delphi · 400 B
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Plut. Pyth. or. 400 B
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ἀνταυγεῖν πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἀταρβήτοισι προσώποις.
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κυκλοτερὲς περὶ γαῖαν ἑλίσσεται ἀλλότριον φῶς.
There circles round the earth a round borrowed light,
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Achilles (astronomical writer)
Introduction to the Phaenomena · c. 16 p. 77 Pet
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Achill. Tat. Introd. in Arat. c. 16 p. 77 Pet
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κυκλοτερὲς περὶ γαῖαν ἑλίσσεται ἀλλότριον φῶς
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ἅρματος ὡς πέρι χνοίη ἑλίσσεται ἥ τε παρ’ ἄκραν . . .
as the nave of the wheel circles round the furthest (goal).
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ἀθρεῖ μὲν γὰρ ἄνακτος ἐναντίον ἁγέα κύκλον.
For she gazes at the sacred circle of the lordly sun opposite.
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νύκτα δὲ γαῖα τίθησιν ὑφισταμένοιο(?) φάεσσι.
It is the earth that makes night by coming before the lights.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Platonic Questions · 1006 F
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Plut. Quaest. Plat. 1006 F .
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νύκτα δὲ γαῖα τίθησιν ὑφισταμένη φαέεσσιν.
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νυκτὸς ἐρημαίης ἀλαώπιδος
... of solitary, blind-eyed night.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 720 E
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 720 E .
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νυκτὸς ἐρημαίης ἀλαώπιδος.
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Ἶρις δ’ ἐκ πελάγους ἄνεμον φέρει ἢ μέγαν ὄμβρον.
And Iris bringeth wind or mighty rain from the sea.
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καρπαλίμως δ’ ἀνόπαιον . . .
(Fire) swiftly rushing upwards....
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πολλὰ δ’ ἔνερθ(ε) οὔδεος πυρὰ καίεται.
And many fires burn beneath the earth.
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οὕτω γὰρ συνέκυρσε θέων τοτέ, πολλάκι δ’ ἄλλως.
For so as it ran, it met them at that time, though often otherwise.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
On Generation and Corruption · ii. 6; 334 a 3
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Arist. de Gen. et Corr. ii. 6; 334 a 3
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οὕτω γὰρ συνέκυρσε θέων τότε, πολλάκι δ’ ἄλλως.
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αἰθὴρ ⟨δ’ αὖ⟩ μακρῆισι κατὰ χθόνα δύετο ῥίζαις.
But the air sank down upon the earth with its long roots.
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Sea the sweat of the earth.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Meteorology · ii. 3; 357 a 26
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Arist. Meteor. ii. 3; 357 a 26
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γῆς ἱδρῶτα θάλασσαν.
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ἃλς ἐπάγη ῥιπῆισιν ἐωσμένος ἠελίοιο.
Salt was solidified by the impact of the sun’s beams.
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ἧι πολλαὶ μὲν κόρσαι ἀναύχενες ἐβλάστησαν,
γυμνοὶ δ’ ἐπλάζοντο βραχίονες εὔνιδες ὤμων,
ὄμματά τ’ οἶ(α) ἐπλανᾶτο πενητεύοντα μετώπων.
On it (the earth) many heads sprung up without necks and arms wandered bare and bereft of shoulders. Eyes strayed up and down in want of foreheads.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyr. 46
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyr. 46
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ᾗ πολλαὶ μὲν κόρσαι ἀναύχενες ἐβλάστησαν, γυμνοὶ δ’ ἐπλάζοντο βραχίονες εὔνιδες ὤμων, ὄμματα δ’ οἶ’ ἐπλανᾶτο πενητεύοντα μετώπων.
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μουνομελῆ … ἐπλανᾶτο τῆς πρὸς ἄλληλα μίξεως ἐφιέμενα.
Solitary limbs wandered seeking for union.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908), Empedokles fragment 58How this fragment survives
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μουνομελῆ ἔτι τὰ γυῖα ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Νείκους διακρίσεως ὄντα ἐπλανᾶτο τῆς πρὸς ἄλληλα μίξεως ἐφιέμενα.
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αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ κατὰ μεῖζον ἐμίσγετο δαίμονι δαίμων,
ταῦτά τε συμπίπτεσκον, ὅπηι συνέκυρσεν ἕκαστα,
ἄλλα τε πρὸς τοῖς πολλὰ διηνεκῆ ἐξεγένοντο.
But, as divinity was mingled still further with divinity, these things joined together as each might chance, and many other things besides them continually arose.
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Shambling creatures with countless hands.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Against Colotes · 1123 B
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Plut. Colot. 1123 B .
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εἱλίποδ’ ἀκριτόχειρα.
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πολλὰ μὲν ἀμφιπρόσωπα καὶ ἀμφίστερνα φύεσθαι,
βουγενῆ ἀνδρόπρωιρα, τὰ δ’ ἔμπαλιν ἐξανατέλλειν
ἀνδροφυῆ βούκρανα, μεμειγμένα τῆι μὲν ἀπ’ ἀνδρῶν
τῆι δὲ γυναικοφυῆ, σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις.
Many creatures with faces and breasts looking in different directions were born; some, offspring of oxen with faces of men, while others, again, arose as offspring of men with the heads of oxen, and creatures in whom the nature of women and men was mingled, furnished with sterile parts.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aelian
On the Nature of Animals · xvi. 29
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Aelian, hist. anim. xvi. 29.
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πολλὰ μὲν ἀμφιπρόσωπα καὶ ἀμφίστερν’ ἐφύοντο,
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νῦν δ’ ἄγ’, ὅπως ἀνδρῶν τε πολυκλαύτων τε γυναικῶν
ἐννυχίους ὅρπηκας ἀνήγαγε κρινόμενον πῦρ,
τῶνδε κλύ’· οὐ γὰρ μῦθος ἀπόσκοπος οὐδ’ ἀδαήμων.
οὐλοφυεῖς μὲν πρῶτα τύποι χθονὸς ἐξανέτελλον,
ἀμφοτέρων ὕδατός τε καὶ ἴδεος αἶσαν ἔχοντες·
τοὺς μὲν πῦρ ἀνέπεμπε θέλον πρὸς ὁμοῖον ἱκέσθαι,
οὔτε τί πω μελέων ἐρατὸν δέμας ἐμφαίνοντας
οὔτ’ ἐνοπὴν οἷόν τ’ ἐπιχώριον ἀνδράσι γυῖον.
Come now, hear how the Fire as it was separated caused the night-born shoots of men and tearful women to arise; for my tale is not off the point nor uninformed. Whole-natured forms first arose from the earth, having a portion both of water and fire. These did the fire, desirous of reaching its like, send up, showing as yet neither the charming form of women’s limbs, nor yet the voice and parts that are proper to men.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 86 v 381, 31
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Simpl. Phys. 86 v 381, 31.
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ἐμμυχίους ὅρπηκας ἀνήγαγε κρινόμενον πῦρ, τῶνδε κλύ’· οὐ γὰρ μῦθος ἀπόσκοπος οὐδ’ ἀδαήμων. οὐλοφυεῖς μὲν πρῶτα τύποι χθονὸς ἐξανέτελλον, ἀμφοτέρων ὕδατός τε καὶ εἴδεος αἶσαν ἔχοντες,
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ἀλλὰ διέσπασται μελέων φύσις· ἡ μὲν ἐν ἀνδρὸς
ἡ δὲ γυναικὸς ἐν....
But the nature of the members (of the child?) is divided, part in the man’s, part in the woman’s (body).
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
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τῷ δ’ ἐπὶ καὶ πόθος ἦλθε δι’ ὄψιος ἀμμιχθέντι.
But desire also came upon him, having been united with ... by sight.
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Natural Questions · 917 C
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Plut. Quaest. nat. 917 C .
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τῷ δ’ ἐπὶ καὶ πόθος ἦλθε δι’ ὄψιος ἀμμιχθέντι.
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ἐν δ’ ἐχύθη καθαροῖσι· τὰ μὲν τελέθουσι γυναῖκες,
ψύχεος ἀντιάσαντα, [τὰ δ’ ἔμπαλιν ἄρρενα θερμοῦ].
Into clean wombs the seeds are poured, and when
Therein they meet with Cold, the birth is girls;
And boys, when contrariwise they meet with Warm.
William Ellery Leonard · The Fragments of Empedocles (1908), p. 38How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Generation of Animals · 723a24
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Arist. de gen. anim. iv. 1; 723 a 24
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ἐν δ’ ἐχύθη καθαροῖσι· τὰ μὲν τελέθουσι γυναῖκες ψύχεος ἀντιάσαντα.
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ἐν δ’ ἐχύθη καθαροῖσι· τὰ μὲν τελέθουσι γυναῖκες, / ψύχεος ἀντιάσαντα, ⟨τὰ δ’ ἔμπαλιν ἄρρενα θερμοῦ⟩.
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εἰς σχιστοὺς λειμῶνας . . . Ἀφροδίτης.
The divided meadows of Aphrodite.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
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ἐν γὰρ θερμοτέρωι τοκὰς ἄρρενος ἔπλετο γαστήρ·
καὶ μέλανες διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἀνδρωδέστεροι ἄνδρες
καὶ λαχνήεντες μᾶλλον.
For in its warmer part the womb brings forth males, and that is why men are dark and more manly and shaggy.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Galen
Commentary on Hippocrates’ Epidemics · VI, commentary II, 48 (XVIIA 1002 Kühn)
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Galen in Hippokr. Epidem. iv. 2.
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ἐν γὰρ θερμοτέρῳ τοκὰς ἄρρενος ἔπλετο γαστήρ, καὶ μέλανες διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἰνωδέστεροι ἄνδρες
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μηνὸς ἐν ὀγδοάτου δεκάτηι πύον ἔπλετο λευκόν.
On the tenth day of the eighth month the white putrefaction arises.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Generation of Animals · iv. 8; 777 a 10
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Arist. de gen. anim. iv. 8; 777 a 10
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μηνὸς ἐν ὀγδοάτου δεκάτῃ πύον ἔπλετο λευκόν.
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Double bearing.
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Sheepskin.
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εἰ δέ τί σοι περὶ τῶνδε λιπόξυλος ἔπλετο πίστις,
πῶς ὕδατος γαίης τε καὶ αἰθέρος ἠελίου τε
κιρναμένων εἴδη τε γενοίατο χροῖά τε θνητῶν
τόσσ’, ὅσα νῦν γεγάασι συναρμοσθέντ’ Ἀφροδίτηι . . .
But if thy assurance of these things was in any way deficient as to how, out of Water and Earth and Air and Fire mingled together, arose the forms and colours of all those mortal things that have been fitted together by Aphrodite, and so are now come into being....
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- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyr. p. 28
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyr. p. 28
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Εἰ δέ τί σοι περὶ τῶνδε λιπόξυλος ἔπλετο πίστις, πῶς ὕδατος γαίης τε καὶ αἰθέρος ἠελίου τε κιρναμένων χροιαί τ’ εἴδη τε γενοίατο θνητῶν
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πῶς καὶ δένδρεα μακρὰ καὶ εἰνάλιοι καμασῆνες
How tall trees and the fishes in the sea....
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- Athenaeus
The Learned Banqueters · viii. 334 B
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Athen. viii. 334 B .
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πῶς καὶ δένδρεα μακρὰ καὶ εἰνάλιοι καμασῆνες...
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ὡς δὲ τότε χθόνα Κύπρις, ἐπεί τ’ ἐδίηνεν ἐν ὄμβρωι,
ἴδεα ποιπνύουσα θοῶι πυρὶ δῶκε κρατῦναι . . .
And even as at that time Kypris, preparing warmth, after she had moistened the Earth in water, gave it to swift fire to harden it....
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φῦλον ἄμουσον ἄγουσα πολυσπερέων καμασήνων.
Leading the songless tribe of fertile fish.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 685 F
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Plut. Quaes. conv. 685 F .
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φύλον ἄμουσον ἄγουσα πολυσπερέων καμασήνων.
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τῶν δ’ ὅσ’ ἔσω μὲν πυκνά, τὰ δ’ ἔκτοθι μανὰ πέπηγε,
Κύπριδος ἐν παλάμηισι πλάδης τοιῆσδε τυχόντα . . .
All of those which are dense within and rare without, having received a moisture of this kind at the hands of Kypris....
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τοῦτο μὲν ἐν κόγχαισι θαλασσονόμων βαρυνώτοις,
ναὶ μὴν κηρύκων τε λιθορρίνων χελύων τε·
ἔνθ’ ὄψει χθόνα χρωτὸς ὑπέρτατα ναιετάουσαν.
This thou mayest see in the heavy-backed shell-fish that dwell in the sea, in sea-snails and the stony-skinned turtles. In them thou mayest see that the earthy part dwells on the uppermost surface.
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- Plutarch
Table Talk · 618 B
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 618 B
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καλχῶν κηρύκων τε λιθορρίνων χελύων τε... ἔνθ’ ὄψῃ χθόνα χρωτὸς ὑπέρτατα ναιετάουσαν.
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⟨δένδρεα δ’⟩ ἐμπεδόφυλλα καὶ ἐμπεδόκαρπα τέθηλεν
καρπῶν ἀφθονίηισι κατ’ ἠέρα πάντ’ ἐνιαυτόν.
It is the air that makes evergreen trees flourish with abundance of fruit the whole year round.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Theophrastus
On the Causes of Plants · i. 13, 2
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Theophrast. de caus. plant. i. 13, 2.
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δένδρεα δ’ ἐμπεδόφυλλα καὶ ἐμπεδόκαρπα τεθήλει,
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οὕτω δ’ ὠιοτοκεῖ μακρὰ δένδρεα πρῶτον ἐλαίας.
And so first of all tall olive trees bear eggs....
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Generation of Animals · i. 23; 731 a 5
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Arist. de gen. anim. i. 23; 731 a 5
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οὕτω δ’ ᾠοτοκεῖ μακρὰ δένδρεα πρῶτον ἐλαίας.
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οὕνεκεν ὀψίγονοί τε σίδαι καὶ ὑπέρφλοια μῆλα
Wherefore pomegranates are late-born and apples succulent.
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- Plutarch
Table Talk · 683 D
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 683 D .
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οὕνεκεν ὀψίγονοί τε σίδαι καὶ ὑπέρφλοα μῆλα
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οἶνος ἀπὸ φλοιοῦ πέλεται σαπὲν ἐν ξύλωι ὕδωρ.
Wine is the water from the bark, putrefied in the wood.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Natural Questions · 912 C , 919 D
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Plut. Quaest. nat. 912 C , 919 D
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οἶνος ὑπὸ φλοιῷ πέλεται σαπὲν ἐν ξύλῳ ὕδωρ.
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ταὐτὰ τρίχες καὶ φύλλα καὶ οἰωνῶν πτερὰ πυκνά
καὶ λεπίδες γίγνονται ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν.
Hair and leaves, and thick feathers of birds, and the scales that grow on mighty limbs, are the same thing.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Meteorology · iv. 9 387 b 4
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Arist. Meteor. iv. 9 387 b 4.
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ταὐτὰ τρίχες καὶ φύλλα καὶ οἰωνῶν πτερὰ πυκνὰ καὶ φλονίδες γίγνονται ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν.
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αὐτὰρ ἐχίνοις
ὀξυβελεῖς χαῖται νώτοις ἐπιπεφρίκασιν.
But the hair of hedgehogs is sharp-pointed and bristles on their backs.
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- Plutarch
On Fortune · 98 D
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Plut. de fort. 98 D .
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αὐτὰρ ἐχίνοις ὀξυβελεῖς χαῖται νώτοις ἐπιπεφρίκασιν.
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ὡς δ’ ὅτε τις πρόοδον νοέων ὡπλίσσατο λύχνον
χειμερίην διὰ νύκτα, πυρὸς σέλας αἰθομένοιο
ἅψας, παντοίων ἀνέμων λαμπτῆρας ἀμοργούς,
οἵ τ’ ἀνέμων μὲν πνεῦμα διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντων,
φῶς δ’ ἔξω διαθρῶισκον, ὅσον ταναώτερον ἦεν,
λάμπεσκεν κατὰ βηλὸν ἀτειρέσιν ἀκτίνεσσιν·
ὡς δὲ τότ’ ἐν μήνιγξιν ἐεργμένον ὠγύγιον πῦρ
λεπτῆισίν ⟨τ’⟩ ὀθόνηισι λοχάζετο κύκλοπα κούρην,
⟨αἳ⟩ χοάνηισι δίαντα τετρήατο θεσπεσίηισιν·
αἳ δ’ ὕδατος μὲν βένθος ἀπέστεγον ἀμφιναέντος,
πῦρ δ’ ἔξω διίεσκον, ὅσον ταναώτερον ἦεν.
And even as when a man thinking to sally forth through a stormy night, gets him ready a lantern, a flame of blazing fire, fastening to it horn plates to keep out all manner of winds, and they scatter the blast of the winds that blow, but the light leaping out through them, shines across the threshold with unfailing beams, as much of it as is finer; even so did she (Love) then entrap the elemental fire, the round pupil, confined within membranes and delicate tissues, which are pierced through and through with wondrous passages. They keep out the deep water that surrounds the pupil, but they let through the fire, as much of it as is finer.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
On Sense and Sensible Objects · c. 2; 437 b 26
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Arist. de sens. et sensib. c. 2; 437 b 26.
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ὡς δ’ ὅτε τις πρόοδον νοέων ὡπλίσσατο λύχνον χειμερίην διὰ νύκτα, πυρὸς σέλας αἰθομένοιο ἅψας, παντοίων ἀνέμων λαμπτῆρας ἀμοργούς, οἵτ’ ἀνέμων μὲν πνεῦμα διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντων, φῶς δ’ ἔξω διαθρῷσκον, ὅσον ταναώτερον ἤεν,
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ἡ δὲ φλὸξ ἱλάειρα μινυνθαδίης τύχε γαίης
But the gentle flame (of the eye) has but a scanty portion of earth.
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ἐξ ὧν ὄμματ’ ἔπηξεν ἀτειρέα δῖ’ Ἀφροδίτη.
Out of these divine Aphrodite fashioned unwearying eyes.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyr. 28
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyr. 28
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ἐξ ὧν ὄμματ’ ἔπηξεν ἀτειρέα δῖ’ Ἀφροδίτη.
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γόμφοις ἀσκήσασα καταστόργοις Ἀφροδίτη.
Aphrodite fitting these together with rivets of love.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On the Heavens · Peyr. 28
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Simpl. de caelo , Peyr. 28
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γόμφοις ἀσκήσασα καταστόργοις Ἀφροδίτη.
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μία γίγνεται ἀμφοτέρων ὄψ.
One vision is produced by both the eyes.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Poetics · c. 21; 1458 a 5
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Arist. Poet. c. 21; 1458 a 5.
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(ὀφθαλμῶν) μία γίγνεται ἀμφοτέρων ὄψ.
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γνούς, ὅτι πάντων εἰσὶν ἀπορροαί, ὅσσ’ ἐγένοντο.
Know that effluences flow from all things that have come into being.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Natural Questions · 916 D
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Plut. Quaest. Nat. 916 D .
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γνοὺς ὅτι πάντων εἰσίν ἀπορροαὶ ὅσσ’ ἐγένοντο.
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ὡς γλυκὺ μὲν γλυκὺ μάρπτε, πικρὸν δ’ ἐπὶ πικρὸν ὄρουσεν,
ὀξὺ δ’ ἐπ’ ὀξὺ ἔβη, δαερὸν δ’ ἐποχεῖτο δαηρῶι.
So sweet lays hold of sweet, and bitter rushes to bitter; acid comes to acid, and warm couples with warm.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 663 A
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Plut. Quaest. Conv. 663 A .
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ὣς γλυκὺ μὲν γλυκὺ μάρπτε, πικρὸν δ’ ἐπὶ πικρὸν ὄρουσεν, ὀξὺ δ’ ἐπ’ ὀξὺ ἔβη, δαλερὸν δαλερῷ ἐπόχευεν.
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ὕδωρ οἴνωι μᾶλλον ἐνάρθμιον, αὐτὰρ ἐλαίωι
οὐκ ἐθέλει.
Water fits better into wine, but it will not (mingle) with oil.
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Ἐ. δ’ αἰτιᾶται τὸ μεῖγμα τὸ τῶν σπερμάτων γίνεσθαι πυκνὸν ἐκ μαλακῆς τῆς γονῆς οὔσης ἑκατέρας· συναρμόττειν γὰρ τὰ κοῖλα τοῖς πυκνοῖς ἀλλήλων, ἐκ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων γίνεσθαι ἐκ μαλακῶν σκληρὸν ὥσπερ τῶι καττιτέρωι μειχθέντα τὸν χαλκόν.
Empedocles assigns as his reason that the mixture of the ‘seeds’ becomes dense, each of the two seminal fluids out of which it is made being soft, for the hollows in each fit into the densities of the other, and in such cases a hard substance is formed out of soft ones, like bronze mingled with tin.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 198; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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συναρμόττειν γὰρ τὰ κοῖλα τοῖς πυκνοῖς ἀλλήλων, ἐκ δὲ τῶν τοιούτων γίνεσθαι ἐκ μαλακῶν σκληρὸν ὥσπερ τῶι καττιτέρωι μειχθέντα τὸν χαλκόν.
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βύσσωι δὲ γλαυκῆς κόκκος καταμίσγεται ἀκτῆς
The berry of the blue elder is mingled with scarlet.
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et niger in fundo fluvii color exstat ab umbra,
atque cavernosis itidem spectatur in antris.
And the black colour at the bottom of a river arises from the shadow. The same is seen in hollow caves.
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Κύπριδος, ἐν παλάμηισιν ὅτε ξὺμ πρῶτ’ ἐφύοντο.
Since they (the eyes) first grew together in the hands of Kypris.
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ἡ δὲ χθὼν ἐπίηρος ἐν εὐστέρνοις χοάνοισι
τὼ δύο τῶν ὀκτὼ μερέων λάχε Νήστιδος αἴγλης,
τέσσαρα δ’ Ἡφαίστοιο· τὰ δ’ ὀστέα λευκὰ γένοντο
Ἁρμονίης κόλληισιν ἀρηρότα θεσπεσίηθεν.
The kindly earth received in its broad funnels two parts of gleaming Nestis out of the eight, and four of Hephaistos. So arose white bones divinely fitted together by the cement of proportion.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 66 v 300, 21
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Simpl. Phys. 66 v 300, 21
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ἡ δὲ χθὼν ἐπίηρος ἐν εὐστέρνοις χοάνοισι τὼ δύο τῶν ὀκτὼ μερέων λάχε Νήστιδος αἴγλης. τέσσαρα δ’ Ἡφαίστοιο· τὰ δ’ ὀστέα λεύκ’ ἐγένοντο
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The spine (was broken).
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ἡ δὲ Χθὼν τούτοισιν ἴση συνέκυρσε μάλιστα,
Ἡφαίστωι τ’ ὄμβρωι τε καὶ αἰθέρι παμφανόωντι,
Κύπριδος ὁρμισθεῖσα τελείοις ἐν λιμένεσσιν
εἴτ’ ὀλίγον μείζων εἴτε πλεόνεσσιν ἐλάσσων·
ἐκ τῶν αἷμά τε γέντο καὶ ἄλλης εἴδεα σαρκός.
And the earth, anchoring in the perfect harbours of Aphrodite, meets with these in nearly equal proportions, with Hephaistos and Water and gleaming Air—either a little more of it, or less of them and more of it. From these did blood arise and the manifold forms of flesh.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Simplicius
Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 7 v 32, 6
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Simpl. Phys. 7 v 32, 6.
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Ἡφαίστῳ τ’ Ὄμβρῳ τε καὶ Αἰθέρι παμφανόωντι, Κύπριδος ὁρμισθεῖσα τελείοις ἐν λιμένεσσιν, εἴτ’ ὀλίγον μείζων εἴτε πλεόνεσσιν ἐλάσσων. ἐκ τῶν αἷμά τε γέντο καὶ ἄλλης εἴδεα σαρκός.
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The bell ... the fleshy sprout (of the ear).
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ὧδε δ’ ἀναπνεῖ πάντα καὶ ἐκπνεῖ· πᾶσι λίφαιμοι
σαρκῶν σύριγγες πύματον κατὰ σῶμα τέτανται,
καί σφιν ἐπὶ στομίοις πυκναῖς τέτρηνται ἄλοξιν
ῥινῶν ἔσχατα τέρθρα διαμπερές, ὥστε φόνον μέν
κεύθειν, αἰθέρι δ’ εὐπορίην διόδοισι τετμῆσθαι.
ἔνθεν ἔπειθ’ ὁπόταν μὲν ἀπαΐξηι τέρεν αἷμα,
αἰθὴρ παφλάζων καταΐσσεται οἴδματι μάργωι,
εὖτε δ’ ἀναθρώισκηι, πάλιν ἐκπνέει, ὥσπερ ὅταν παῖς
κλεψύδρηι παίζηισι διειπετέος χαλκοῖο·
εὖτε μὲν αὐλοῦ πορθμὸν ἐπ’ εὐειδεῖ χερὶ θεῖσα
εἰς ὕδατος βάπτηισι τέρεν δέμας ἀργυφέοιο,
οὐδ’ ἔτ’ ἐς ἄγγοσδ’ ὄμβρος ἐσέρχεται, ἀλλά μιν εἴργει
ἀέρος ὄγκος ἔσωθε πεσὼν ἐπὶ τρήματα πυκνά,
εἰσόκ’ ἀποστεγάσηι πυκινὸν ῥόον· αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
πνεύματος ἐλλείποντος ἐσέρχεται αἴσιμον ὕδωρ.
ὡς δ’ αὔτως, ὅθ’ ὕδωρ μὲν ἔχηι κάτα βένθεα χαλκοῦ
πορθμοῦ χωσθέντος βροτέωι χροῒ ἠδὲ πόροιο,
αἰθὴρ δ’ ἐκτὸς ἔσω λελιημένος ὄμβρον ἐρύκει
ἀμφὶ πύλας ἰσθμοῖο δυσηχέος, ἄκρα κρατύνων,
εἰσόκε χειρὶ μεθῆι· τότε δ’ αὖ πάλιν, ἔμπαλιν ἢ πρίν,
πνεύματος ἐμπίπτοντος ὑπεκθέει αἴσιμον ὕδωρ.
ὡς δ’ αὔτως τέρεν αἷμα κλαδασσόμενον διὰ γυίων
ὁππότε μὲν παλίνορσον ἀπαΐξειε μυχόνδε,
αἰθέρος εὐθὺς ῥεῦμα κατέρχεται οἴδματι θῦον,
εὖτε δ’ ἀναθρώισκηι, πάλιν ἐκπνέει ἶσον ὀπίσσω.
Thus do all things draw breath and breathe it out again. All have bloodless tubes of flesh extended over the surface of their bodies; and at the mouths of these the outermost surface of the skin is perforated all over with pores closely packed together, so as to keep in the blood while a free passage is cut for the air to pass through. Then, when the thin blood recedes from these, the bubbling air rushes in with an impetuous surge; and when the blood runs back it is breathed out again. Just as when a girl, playing with a water-clock of shining brass, puts the orifice of the pipe upon her comely hand, and dips the water-clock into the yielding mass of silvery water,—the stream does not then flow into the vessel, but the bulk of the air inside, pressing upon the close-packed perforations, keeps it out till she uncovers the compressed stream; but then air escapes and an equal volume of water runs in,—just in the same way, when water occupies the depths of the brazen vessel and the opening and passage is stopped up by the human hand, the air outside, striving to get in, holds the water back at the gates of the ill-sounding neck, pressing upon its surface, till she lets go with her hand. Then, on the contrary, just in the opposite way to what happened before, the wind rushes in and an equal volume of water runs out to make room. Even so, when the thin blood that surges through the limbs rushes backwards to the interior, straightway the stream of air comes in with a rushing swell; but when the blood returns the air breathes out again in equal quantity.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
On Respiration · 7; 473 b 9
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Arist. de respir. 7; 473 b 9.
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εἰς ὅ κε χειρὶ μεθῇ· τότε δ’ αὖ πάλιν, ἔμπαλιν ἢ πρίν, πνεύματος ἐμπίπτοντος ὑπεκθέει αἴσιμον ὕδωρ. ὣς δ’ αὔτως τέρεν αἷμα κλαδασσόμενον διὰ γυίων ὁππότε μὲν παλίνορσον ἀπαΐξειε μυχόνδε, αἰθέρος εὐθὺς ῥεῦμα κατέρχεται οἴδματι θῦον, εὖτε δ’ ἀναθρῴσκῃ, πάλιν ἐκπνέει ἶσον ὀπίσσω.
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κέρματα θηρείων μελέων μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνῶν
⟨πνεύματά θ’⟩ ὅσσ’ ἀπέλειπε ποδῶν ἁπαλῆι περὶ ποίαι . . .
(The dog) with its nostrils tracking out the fragments of the beast’s limbs, and the breath from their feet that they leave in the soft grass.
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ὧδε μὲν οὖν πνοιῆς τε λελόγχασι πάντα καὶ ὀσμῶν.
Thus all things have their share of breath and smell.
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- Plutarch
Natural Questions · 917 E
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Plut. Quaest. nat. 917 E
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ὧδε μὲν οὖν πνοίης τε λελόγχασι πάντα καὶ ὀσμῶν.
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τῆιδε μὲν οὖν ἰότητι Τύχης πεφρόνηκεν ἅπαντα.
Thus have all things thought by fortune’s will....
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Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 74 v 331, 12
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Simpl. Phys. 74 v 331, 12.
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τῇδε μὲν οὖν ἰότητι τύχης πεφρόνηκεν ἅπαντα...
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καὶ καθ’ ὅσον μὲν ἀραιότατα ξυνέκυρσε πεσόντα.
And inasmuch as the rarest things came together in their fall.
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Commentary on Aristotle’s Physics · 74 v 331, 12
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Simpl. Phys. 74 v 331, 12.
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καὶ καθ’ ὅσον μὲν ἀραιότατα ξυνέκυρσε πεσόντα.
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αἵματος ἐν πελάγεσσι τεθραμμένη ἀντιθορόντος,
τῆι τε νόημα μάλιστα κικλήσκεται ἀνθρώποισιν·
αἷμα γὰρ ἀνθρώποις περικάρδιόν ἐστι νόημα.
(The heart), dwelling in the sea of blood that runs in opposite directions, where chiefly is what men call thought; for the blood round the heart is the thought of men.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Stobaeus
Anthology · i. p. 1026
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Stob. Ecl. Phys. i. p. 1026.
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τῇ τε νόημα μάλιστα κυκλίσκεται ἀνθρώποισιν· αἷμα γὰρ ἀνθρώποις περικάρδιόν ἐστι νόημα.
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πρὸς παρεὸν γὰρ μῆτις ἀέξεται ἀνθρώποισιν.
For the wisdom of men grows according to what is before them.
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- Aristotle
On the Soul · iii. 3; 427 a 23
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Arist. de anim. iii. 3; 427 a 23
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πρὸς παρεὸν γὰρ μῆτις ἀέξεται ἀνθρώποισιν.
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ἐκ τούτων ⟨γὰρ⟩ πάντα πεπήγασιν ἁρμοσθέντα
καὶ τούτοις φρονέουσι καὶ ἥδοντ’ ἠδ’ ἀνιῶνται.
For out of these are all things formed and fitted together, and by these do men think and feel pleasure and pain.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Theophrastus
On the Senses · § 10
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Theophr. de sens. § 10
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ἐκ τούτων γὰρ πάντα πεπήγασιν ἁρμοσθέντα καὶ τούτοις φρονέουσι καὶ ἥδοντ’ ἠδὲ ἀνιῶνται.
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ὅσσον ⟨δ’⟩ ἀλλοῖοι μετέφυν, τόσον ἄρ σφισιν αἰεί
καὶ τὸ φρονεῖν ἀλλοῖα παρίσταται . . .
And just so far as they grow to be different, so far do different thoughts ever present themselves to their minds (in dreams).
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- Aristotle
On the Soul · iii. 3; 427 a 23
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Arist. de anim. iii. 3; 427 a 23
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ὅσσον τ’ ἀλλοῖοι μετέφυν, τόσον ἂρ σφίσιν αἰεὶ καὶ φρονέειν ἀλλοῖα παρίστατο.
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γαίηι μὲν γὰρ γαῖαν ὀπώπαμεν, ὕδατι δ’ ὕδωρ,
αἰθέρι δ’ αἰθέρα δῖον, ἀτὰρ πυρὶ πῦρ ἀίδηλον,
στοργὴν δὲ στοργῆι, νεῖκος δέ τε νείκεϊ λυγρῶι.
For it is with earth that we see Earth, and Water with water; by air we see bright Air, by fire destroying Fire. By love do we see Love, and Hate by grievous hate.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
On the Soul · i. 2; 404 b 12
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Arist. de anim. i. 2; 404 b 12
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γαίῃ μὲν γὰρ γαῖαν ὀπώπαμεν, ὕδατι δ’ ὕδωρ, αἰθέρι δ’ αἰθέρα δῖον, ἀτὰρ πυρὶ πῦρ ἀίδηλον, στοργῇ δὲ στοργὴν, νεῖκος δέ τε νείκεϊ λυγρῷ.
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εἰ γάρ κέν σφ’ ἀδινῆισιν ὑπὸ πραπίδεσσιν ἐρείσας
εὐμενέως καθαρῆισιν ἐποπτεύσηις μελέτηισιν,
ταῦτά τέ σοι μάλα πάντα δι’ αἰῶνος παρέσονται,
ἄλλα τε πόλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶνδ’ ἐκτήσεαι· αὐτὰ γὰρ αὔξει
ταῦτ’ εἰς ἦθος ἕκαστον, ὅπηι φύσις ἐστὶν ἑκάστωι.
εἰ δὲ σύ γ’ ἀλλοίων ἐπορέξεαι, οἷα κατ’ ἄνδρας
μυρία δειλὰ πέλονται ἅ τ’ ἀμβλύνουσι μερίμνας,
ἦ σ’ ἄφαρ ἐκλείψουσι περιπλομένοιο χρόνοιο
σφῶν αὐτῶν ποθέοντα φίλην ἐπὶ γένναν ἱκέσθαι·
πάντα γὰρ ἴσθι φρόνησιν ἔχειν καὶ νώματος αἶσαν.
For if, supported on thy steadfast mind, thou wilt contemplate these things with good intent and faultless care, then shalt thou have all these things in abundance throughout thy life, and thou shalt gain many others from them. For these things grow of themselves into thy heart, where is each man’s true nature. But if thou strivest after things of another kind, as is the way with men, ten thousand woes await thee to blunt thy careful thoughts. Soon will these things desert thee when the time comes round; for they long to return once more to their own kind; for know that all things have wisdom and a share of thought.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Hippolytus
Refutation of All Heresies · 251 Mill
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Hippolyt. Ref. haer. 251 Mill
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†ζῆν ἄφαρ ἐκλείψουσι περιπλομένοιο χρόνοιο σφῶν αὐτῶν ποθέοντα φίλην ἐπὶ γένναν ἵκεσθαι·† πάντα γὰρ ἴσθι φρόνησιν ἔχειν καὶ νώματος αἶσαν.
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φάρμακα δ’ ὅσσα γεγᾶσι κακῶν καὶ γήραος ἄλκαρ
πεύσηι, ἐπεὶ μούνωι σοὶ ἐγὼ κρανέω τάδε πάντα.
παύσεις δ’ ἀκαμάτων ἀνέμων μένος οἵ τ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν
ὀρνύμενοι πνοιαῖσι καταφθινύθουσιν ἀρούρας·
καὶ πάλιν, ἢν ἐθέληισθα, παλίντιτα πνεύματ(α) ἐπάξεις·
θήσεις δ’ ἐξ ὄμβροιο κελαινοῦ καίριον αὐχμόν
ἀνθρώποις, θήσεις δὲ καὶ ἐξ αὐχμοῖο θερείου
ῥεύματα δενδρεόθρεπτα, τά τ’ αἰθέρι ναιήσονται,
ἄξεις δ’ ἐξ Ἀίδαο καταφθιμένου μένος ἀνδρός.
And thou shalt learn all the drugs that are a defence against ills and old age; since for thee alone will I accomplish all this. Thou shalt arrest the violence of the weariless winds that arise and sweep the earth; and again, when thou so desirest, thou shalt bring back their blasts with a rush. Thou shalt cause for men a seasonable drought after the dark rains, and again thou shalt change the summer drought for streams that feed the trees as they pour down from the sky. Thou shalt bring back from Hades the life of a dead man.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers · viii. 59
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Diog. Laer. viii. 59
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πεύσῃ, ἐπεὶ μούνῳ σοὶ ἐγὼ κρανέω τάδε πάντα. παύσεις δ’ ἀκαμάτων ἀνέμων μένος οἵ τ’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ὀρνύμενοι πνοιαῖσι καταφθινύθουσιν ἀρούρας· καὶ πάλιν, εὖτ’ ἐθέλῃσθα, παλίσσυτα πνεύματ’ ἐπάξεις·
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ὦ φίλοι, οἳ μέγα ἄστυ κατὰ ξανθοῦ Ἀκράγαντος
ναίετ’ ἀν’ ἄκρα πόλεος, ἀγαθῶν μελεδήμονες ἔργων,
ξείνων αἰδοῖοι λιμένες κακότητος ἄπειροι,
χαίρετ’· ἐγὼ δ’ ὑμῖν θεὸς ἄμβροτος, οὐκέτι θνητός
πωλεῦμαι μετὰ πᾶσι τετιμένος, ὥσπερ ἔοικα,
ταινίαις τε περίστεπτος στέφεσίν τε θαλείοις·
τοῖσιν ἅμ’ ⟨εὖτ’⟩ ἂν ἵκωμαι ἐς ἄστεα τηλεθάοντα,
ἀνδράσιν ἠδὲ γυναιξί, σεβίζομαι· οἱ δ’ ἅμ’ ἕπονται
μυρίοι ἐξερέοντες, ὅπηι πρὸς κέρδος ἀταρπός,
οἱ μὲν μαντοσυνέων κεχρημένοι, οἱ δ’ ἐπὶ νούσων
παντοίων ἐπύθοντο κλύειν εὐηκέα βάξιν
δηρὸν δὴ χαλεποῖσι πεπαρμένοι ⟨ἀμφὶ μόγοισιν⟩.
Friends, that inhabit the great town looking down on the yellow rock of Akragas, up by the citadel, busy in goodly works, harbours of honour for the stranger, men unskilled in meanness, all hail. I go about among you an immortal god, no mortal now, honoured among all as is meet, crowned with fillets and flowery garlands. Straightway, whenever I enter with these in my train, both men and women, into the flourishing towns, is reverence done me; they go after me in countless throngs, asking of me what is the way to gain; some desiring oracles, while some, who for many a weary day have been pierced by the grievous pangs of all manner of sickness, beg to hear from me the word of healing.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Diogenes Laertius
Lives of Eminent Philosophers · viii. 62
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Diog. Laer. viii. 62.
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ταινίαις τε περίστεπτος στέφεσίν τε θαλείοις. τοῖσιν ἅμ’ εὖτ’ ἂν ἵκωμαι ἐς ἄστεα τηλεθόωντα,
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ἀλλὰ τί τοῖσδ’ ἐπίκειμ’ ὡσεὶ μέγα χρῆμά τι πράσσων,
εἰ θνητῶν περίειμι πολυφθερέων ἀνθρώπων;
But why do I harp on these things, as if it were any great matter that I should surpass mortal, perishable men?
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · i. 302
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Sext. Emp. Math. i. 302.
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ἀλλὰ τί τοῖσδ’ ἐπίκειμ’, ὡσεὶ μέγα χρῆμά τι πράσσων, εἰ θνητῶν περίειμι πολυφθερέων ἀνθρώπων;
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ὦ φίλοι, οἶδα μὲν οὕνεκ’ ἀληθείη πάρα μύθοις,
οὓς ἐγὼ ἐξερέω· μάλα δ’ ἀργαλέη ⟨ἥ⟩ γε τέτυκται
ἀνδράσι καὶ δύσζηλος ἐπὶ φρένα πίστιος ὁρμή.
Friends, I know indeed that truth is in the words I shall utter, but it is hard for men, and jealous are they of the assault of belief on their souls.
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- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 648
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Clem. Al. Strom. 648.
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οὓς ἐγὼ ἐξερέω· μάλα δ’ ἀργαλέη γε τέτυκται ἀνδράσι καὶ δύσζηλος ἐπὶ φρένα πίστιος ὅρμη.
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ἔστιν Ἀνάγκης χρῆμα, θεῶν ψήφισμα παλαιόν,
ἀίδιον, πλατέεσσι κατεσφρηγισμένον ὅρκοις·
εὖτέ τις ἀμπλακίηισι φόνωι φίλα γυῖα μιήνηι,
⟨Νείκεϊ θ’⟩ ὅς κ(ε) ἐπίορκον ἁμαρτήσας ἐπομόσσηι,
δαίμονες οἵτε μακραίωνος λελάχασι βίοιο,
τρίς μιν μυρίας ὧρας ἀπὸ μακάρων ἀλάλησθαι,
φυομένους παντοῖα διὰ χρόνου εἴδεα θνητῶν
ἀργαλέας βιότοιο μεταλλάσσοντα κελεύθους.
αἰθέριον μὲν γάρ σφε μένος πόντονδε διώκει,
πόντος δ’ ἐς χθονὸς οὖδας ἀπέπτυσε, γαῖα δ’ ἐς αὐγὰς
ἠελίου φαέθοντος, ὁ δ’ αἰθέρος ἔμβαλε δίναις·
ἄλλος δ’ ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται, στυγέουσι δὲ πάντες.
τῶν καὶ ἐγὼ νῦν εἰμι, φυγὰς θεόθεν καὶ ἀλήτης,
Νείκεϊ μαινομένωι πίσυνος.
There is an oracle of Necessity, an ancient ordinance of the gods, eternal and sealed fast by broad oaths, that whenever one of the dæmons, whose portion is length of days, has sinfully polluted his hands with blood, or followed strife and forsworn himself, he must wander thrice ten thousand years from the abodes of the blessed, being born throughout the time in all manners of mortal forms, changing one toilsome path of life for another. For the mighty Air drives him into the Sea, and the Sea spews him forth on the dry Earth; Earth tosses him into the beams of the blazing Sun, and he flings him back to the eddies of Air. One takes him from the other, and all reject him. One of these I now am, an exile and a wanderer from the gods, for that I put my trust in insensate strife.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Hippolytus
Refutation of All Heresies · 249-251
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Hippol. Ref. haer. 249-251
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φυόμενον παντοῖα διὰ χρόνου εἴδεα θνητῶν, ἀργαλέας βιότοιο μεταλλάσσοντα κελεύθους. αἰθέριον μὲν γάρ σφε μένος πόντονδε διώκει, πόντος δ’ ἐς χθονὸς οὖδας ἀπέπτυσε, γαῖα δ’ ἐς αὐγὰς ἠελίου ἀκάμαντος, ὁ δ’ αἰθέρος ἔμβαλε δίναις.
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στυγέει δύστλητον Ἀνάγκην.
Charis loathes intolerable Necessity.
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- Plutarch
Table Talk · 745 D
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 745 D .
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(χάρις) στυγέει δύστλητον Ἀνάγκην.
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ἤδη γάρ ποτ’ ἐγὼ γενόμην κοῦρός τε κόρη τε
θάμνος τ’ οἰωνός τε καὶ ἔξαλος ἔλλοπος ἰχθύς.
For I have been ere now a boy and a girl, a bush and a bird and a dumb fish in the sea.
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- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 750
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Clem. Al. Strom. 750
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ἤδη γάρ ποτ’ ἐγὼ γενόμην κοῦρός τε κόρη τε θάμνος τ’ οἰωνός τε καὶ εἰν ἅλι ἔλλοπος ἰχθύς.
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κλαῦσά τε καὶ κώκυσα ἰδὼν ἀσυνήθεα χῶρον.
I wept and I wailed when I saw the unfamiliar land.
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- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 516
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Clem. Al. Strom. 516.
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κλαῦσά τε καὶ κώκυσα, ἰδὼν ἀσυνήθεα χῶρον,
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ἐξ οἵης τιμῆς τε καὶ ὅσσου μήκεος ὄλβου
⟨ὧδε πεσὼν κατὰ γαῖαν⟩ ἀναστρέφομαι μετὰ θνητοῖς.
From what honour, from what a height of bliss have I fallen to go about among mortals here on earth.
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- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 516
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Clem. Al. Strom. 516
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ἐξ οἵης τιμῆς τε καὶ ὅσσου μήκεος ὄλβου ὧδε πεσὼν κατὰ γαῖαν ἀναστρέφομαι μετὰ θνητοῖς.
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ἠλύθομεν τόδ’ ὑπ’ ἄντρον ὑπόστεγον . . .
We have come under this roofed-in cave.
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- Porphyry
On the Cave of the Nymphs · c. viii
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Porphyr. de ant. nymph. c. viii.
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ἠλύθομεν τόδ’ ὑπ’ ἄντρον ὑπόστεγον.
Fairbanks (1898) records this citation for Stein line(s) 392, corresponding to part or all of this passage. This is supporting source evidence; the chosen translation may follow a different text or arrangement.
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. . . ἀτερπέα χῶρον,
ἔνθα Φόνος τε Κότος τε καὶ ἄλλων ἔθνεα Κηρῶν
αὐχμηραί τε νόσοι καὶ σήψιες ἔργα τε ῥευστά
Ἄτης ἀν λειμῶνα κατὰ σκότος ἠλάσκουσιν.
... the joyless land, where are Death and Wrath and troops of Dooms besides; and parching Plagues and Rottennesses and Floods roam in darkness over the meadow of Ate.
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ἔνθ’ ἦσαν Χθονίη τε καὶ Ἡλιόπη ταναῶπις,
Δῆρίς θ’ αἱματόεσσα καὶ Ἁρμονίη θεμερῶπις,
Καλλιστώ τ’ Αἰσχρή τε, Θόωσά τε Δηναίη τε,
Νημερτής τ’ ἐρόεσσα μελάγκουρός τ’ Ἀσάφεια.
There were Chthonie and far-sighted Heliope, bloody Discord and gentle-visaged Harmony, Kallisto and Aischre, Speed and Tarrying, lovely Truth and dark-haired Uncertainty,
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
On Tranquillity of Mind · 474 B
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Plut. de tranquil. an. 474 B
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ἔνθ’ ἦσαν Χθονίη τε καὶ Ἡλιόπη ταναῶπις, Δῆρις θ’ αἱματόεσσα καὶ Ἁρμονίη θεμερῶπις, Καλλιστώ τ’ Αἰσχρή τε, Θόωσά τε Δηναίη τε, Νημερτής τ’ ἐρόεσσα μελάγκουρός τ’ Ἀσάφεια,
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Φυσώ τε Φθιμένη τε, καὶ Εὐναίη καὶ Ἔγερσις,
Κινώ τ’ Ἀστεμφής τε, πολυστέφανός τε Μεγιστώ
καὶ Φορύη, Σωπή τε καὶ Ὀμφαίη . . .
Birth and Decay, Sleep and Waking, Movement and Immobility, crowned Majesty and Meanness, Silence and Voice.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Cornutus
Compendium of Greek Theology · chap. xvii
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Cornut. de nat. deor. chap. xvii.
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Φυσώ τε Φθιμένη τε, καὶ Εὐναίη καὶ Ἔγερσις Κινώ τ’ Ἀστεμφής τε, πολυστέφανός τε Μεγιστὼ †καὶ Φορύη, Σιωπή τε καὶ Ὀμφαίη.†
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ὢ πόποι, ὢ δειλὸν θνητῶν γένος, ὢ δυσάνολβον,
τοίων ἔκ τ’ ἐρίδων ἔκ τε στοναχῶν ἐγένεσθε.
Alas, O wretched race of mortals, twice unblessed: such are the strifes and groanings from which ye have been born!
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 516-517
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Clem. Al. Strom. 516-517.
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ὢ πόποι, ὢ δειλὸν θνητῶν γένος, ὢ δυσάνολβον, τοίων ἔκ τ’ ἐρίδων ἔκ τε στοναχῶν ἐγένεσθε.
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ἐκ μὲν γὰρ ζωῶν ἐτίθει νεκρὰ εἴδε’ ἀμείβων.
From living creatures he made them dead, changing their forms.
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σαρκῶν ἀλλογνῶτι περιστέλλουσα χιτῶνι.
(The goddess) clothing them with a strange garment of flesh.
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ἐν θήρεσσι λέοντες ὀρειλεχέες χαμαιεῦναι
γίγνονται, δάφναι δ’ ἐνὶ δένδρεσιν ἠυκόμοισιν.
Among beasts they become lions that make their lair on the hills and their couch on the ground; and laurels among trees with goodly foliage.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aelian
On the Nature of Animals · xii. 7
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Aelian, Hist. An. xii. 7
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ἐν θήρεσσι λέοντες ὀρειλεχέες χαμαιεῦναι γίγνονται, δάφναι δ’ ἐνὶ δένδρεσσιν ἠυκόμοισιν.
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οὐδέ τις ἦν κείνοισιν Ἄρης θεὸς οὐδὲ Κυδοιμός
οὐδὲ Ζεὺς βασιλεὺς οὐδὲ Κρόνος οὐδὲ Ποσειδῶν,
ἀλλὰ Κύπρις βασίλεια.
τὴν οἵ γ’ εὐσεβέεσσιν ἀγάλμασιν ἱλάσκοντο
γραπτοῖς τε ζώιοισι μύροισί τε δαιδαλεόδμοις
σμύρνης τ’ ἀκρήτου θυσίαις λιβάνου τε θυώδους,
ξουθῶν τε σπονδὰς μελιτῶν ῥίπτοντες ἐς οὖδας·
ταύρων δ’ ἀκρήτοισι φόνοις οὐ δεύετο βωμός,
ἀλλὰ μύσος τοῦτ’ ἔσκεν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι μέγιστον,
θυμὸν ἀπορραίσαντας ἐνέδμεναι ἠέα γυῖα.
Nor had they any Ares for a god nor Kydoimos, no nor King Zeus nor Kronos nor Poseidon, but Kypris the Queen.... Her did they propitiate with holy gifts, with painted figures and perfumes of cunning fragrancy, with offerings of pure myrrh and sweet-smelling frankincense, casting on the ground libations of brown honey. And the altar did not reek with pure bull’s blood, but this was held in the greatest abomination among men, to eat the goodly limbs after tearing out the life.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Porphyry
On Abstinence · ii. 21
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Porphyr. de abstin. ii. 21
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οὐδέ τις ἦν κείνοισιν Ἄρης θεὸς οὐδὲ Κυδοιμὸς, οὐδὲ Ζεὺς βασιλεὺς οὐδὲ Κρόνος οὐδὲ Ποσειδῶν, ἀλλὰ Κύπρις βασίλεια. τὴν οἵγ’ εὐσεβέεσσιν ἀγάλμασιν ἱλάσκοντο γραπτοῖς τε ζῴοισι μύριοισί τε δαιδαλεόδμοις
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ἦν δέ τις ἐν κείνοισιν ἀνὴρ περιώσια εἰδώς,
ὃς δὴ μήκιστον πραπίδων ἐκτήσατο πλοῦτον
παντοίων τε μάλιστα σοφῶν ἐπιήρανος ἔργων·
ὁππότε γὰρ πάσηισιν ὀρέξαιτο πραπίδεσσιν,
ῥεῖ’ ὅ γε τῶν ὄντων πάντων λεύσσεσκεν ἕκαστον
καί τε δέκ’ ἀνθρώπων καί τ’ εἴκοσιν αἰώνεσσιν.
And there was among them a man of rare knowledge, most skilled in all manner of wise works, a man who had won the utmost wealth of wisdom; for whensoever he strained with all his mind, he easily saw everything of all the things that are, in ten, yea, twenty lifetimes of men.
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- Iamblichus
On the Pythagorean Life · 67
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Iamblich. Vit. Pyth. 67.
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ῥεῖά γε τῶν ὄντων πάντων λεύσσεσκεν ἕκαστον, καί τε δέκ’ ἀνθρώπων καί τ’ εἴκοσιν αἰώνεσσιν....
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ἦσαν δὲ κτίλα πάντα καὶ ἀνθρώποισι προσηνῆ,
θῆρές τ’ οἰωνοί τε, φιλοφροσύνη τε δεδήει.
For all things were tame and gentle to man, both beasts and birds, and friendly feelings were kindled everywhere.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Scholia on Nicander (anonymous)
Scholia on the Theriaca · p. 81 Schn
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Schol. Nicand. Theriac. p. 81 Schn.
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φῆρές τ’ οἰωνοί τε, φιλοφροσύνῃ τε δεδήει,
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εἰ γὰρ ἐφημερίων ἕνεκέν τινος, ἄμβροτε Μοῦσα,
ἡμετέρας μελέτας ⟨μέλε τοι⟩ διὰ φροντίδος ἐλθεῖν,
εὐχομένωι νῦν αὖτε παρίστασο, Καλλιόπεια,
ἀμφὶ θεῶν μακάρων ἀγαθὸν λόγον ἐμφαίνοντι.
If ever, as regards the things of a day, immortal Muse, thou didst deign to take thought for my endeavour, then stand by me once more as I pray to thee, O Kalliopeia, as I utter a pure discourse concerning the blessed gods.
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- Hippolytus
Refutation of All Heresies · vii. 31; 254
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Hipp. Ref. haer. vii. 31; 254
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εὐχομένῳ νῦν αὖτε παρίστασο, Καλλιόπεια, ἀμφὶ θεῶν μακάρων ἀγαθὸν λόγον ἐμφαίνοντι.
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ὄλβιος, ὃς θείων πραπίδων ἐκτήσατο πλοῦτον,
δειλὸς δ’ ὧι σκοτόεσσα θεῶν πέρι δόξα μέμηλεν.
Blessed is the man who has gained the riches of divine wisdom; wretched he who has a dim opinion of the gods in his heart.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 733
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Clem. Al. Strom. 733.
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ὄλβιος ὃς θείων πραπίδων ἐκτήσατο πλοῦτον, δειλὸς δ’ ᾧ σκοτόεσσα θεῶν πέρι δόξα μέμηλεν.
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οὐκ ἔστιν πελάσασθαι ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐφικτόν
ἡμετέροις ἢ χερσὶ λαβεῖν, ἧιπέρ τε μεγίστη
πειθοῦς ἀνθρώποισιν ἁμαξιτὸς εἰς φρένα πίπτει.
It is not possible for us to set God before our eyes, or to lay hold of him with our hands, which is the broadest way of persuasion that leads into the heart of man.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · 694
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Clem. Al. Strom. 694
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ἡμετέροις ἢ χερσὶ λαβεῖν, ἥπερ τε μεγίστη πειθοῦς ἀνθρώποισιν ἁμαξιτὸς εἰς φρένα πίπτει.
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οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀνδρομέηι κεφαλῆι κατὰ γυῖα κέκασται,
οὐ μὲν ἀπαὶ νώτοιο δύο κλάδοι ἀίσσονται,
οὐ πόδες, οὐ θοὰ γοῦν(α), οὐ μήδεα λαχνήεντα,
ἀλλὰ φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀθέσφατος ἔπλετο μοῦνον,
φροντίσι κόσμον ἅπαντα καταΐσσουσα θοῆισιν.
For he is not furnished with a human head on his body, two branches do not sprout from his shoulders, he has no feet, no swift knees, nor hairy parts; but he is only a sacred and unutterable mind flashing through the whole world with rapid thoughts.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Ammonius
Commentary on Aristotle’s On Interpretation · 199 b
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Ammon. on Arist. de interpret. 199 b
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οὐ πόδες, οὐ θοὰ γοῦν’, οὐ μήδεα λαχνήεντα, ἀλλὰ φρὴν ἱερὴ καὶ ἀθέσφατος ἔπλετο μοῦνον, φροντίσι κόσμον ἅπαντα καταΐσσουσα θοῇσιν.
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τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ τισὶ μὲν δίκαιον τισὶ δ’ οὐ δίκαιον·
ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πάντων νόμιμον διά τ’ εὐρυμέδοντος
αἰθέρος ἠνεκέως τέταται διά τ’ ἀπλέτου αὐγῆς.
This is not lawful for some and unlawful for others; but the law for all extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the infinite light of heaven.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aristotle
Rhetoric · i. 13 1373 b 15
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Arist. Rhet. i. 13 1373 b 15.
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οὐ πέλεται τοῖς μὲν θεμιτὸν τόδε, τοῖς δ’ ἀθέμιστον, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πάντων νόμιμον διά τ’ εὐρυμέδοντος αἰθέρος ἠνεκέως τέταται διά τ’ ἀπλέτου αὐγῆς.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 213; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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οὐ παύσεσθε φόνοιο δυσηχέος; οὐκ ἐσορᾶτε
ἀλλήλους δάπτοντες ἀκηδείηισι νόοιο;
Will ye not cease from this ill-sounding slaughter? See ye not that ye are devouring one another in the thoughtlessness of your hearts?
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Sextus Empiricus
Against the Mathematicians · ix. 129
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Sext. E. Math. ix. 129.
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οὐ παύσεσθε φόνοιο δυσηχέος; οὐκ ἐσορᾶτε ἀλλήλους δάπτοντες ἀκηδείῃσι νόοιο;
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μορφὴν δ’ ἀλλάξαντα πατὴρ φίλον υἱὸν ἀείρας
σφάζει ἐπευχόμενος μέγα νήπιος· οἱ δ’ ἐπορεῦνται
λισσόμενοι θύοντας, ὁ δ’ αὖ νήκουστος ὁμοκλέων
σφάξας ἐν μεγάροισι κακὴν ἀλεγύνατο δαῖτα.
ὡς δ’ αὔτως πατέρ’ υἱὸς ἑλὼν καὶ μητέρα παῖδες
θυμὸν ἀπορραίσαντε φίλας κατὰ σάρκας ἔδουσιν.
And the father lifts up his own son in a changed form and slays him with a prayer. Infatuated fool! And they run up to the sacrifices, begging mercy, while he, deaf to their cries, slaughters them in his halls and gets ready the evil feast. In like manner does the son seize his father, and children their mother, tear out their life and eat the kindred flesh.
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Draining their life with bronze.
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οἴμ’ ὅτι οὐ πρόσθεν με διώλεσε νηλεὲς ἦμαρ,
πρὶν σχέτλι’ ἔργα βορᾶς περὶ χείλεσι μητίσασθαι.
Ah, woe is me that the pitiless day of death did not destroy me ere ever I wrought evil deeds of devouring with my lips!
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Porphyry
On Abstinence · ii. 31
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Porphyr. de abst. ii. 31.
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οἴμοι ὅτ’ οὐ πρόσθεν με διώλεσε νηλεὲς ἦμαρ, πρὶν σχέτλ’ ἔργα βορᾶς περὶ χείλεσι μητίσασθαι.
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δαφναίων φύλλων ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἔχεσθαι.
Refrain entirely from laurel leaves.
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 646 D
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 646 D .
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δαφναίων φύλλων ἀπὸ πάμπαν ἔχεσθαι.
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δειλοί, πάνδειλοι, κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι.
Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans!
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Aulus Gellius
Attic Nights · iv. 11
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Aul. Gell. N. A. iv. 11
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δειλοί, πανδειλοί, κυάμων ἄπο χεῖρας ἔχεσθαι.
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τὸν δ’ οὔτ’ ἄρ τε Διὸς τέγεοι δόμοι αἰγιόχοιο
τέ[ρποι] ἂν οὐδὲ [αἰνῆς Ἑ]κ[άτ]ης τέγος [ἠλιτόποινον].
Neither roofed halls of aegis-holding Zeus
Delight it, nor dire Hecate’s venging house.
William Ellery Leonard · The Fragments of Empedocles (1908), p. 63How this fragment survives
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τὸν δ’ οὔτ’ ἄρ τε Διὸς τέγεοι δόμοι αἰγιόχοιο / τέρποι ἂν οὐδ(ὲ) ⟨αἰνῆς Ἑ⟩κ⟨άτ⟩ης τέγος ⟨ἠλιτόποινον⟩
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κρηνάων ἄπο πέντε ταμόντ’ ⟨ἐν⟩ ἀτειρέι χαλκῶι.
δεῖν ἀπορρύπτεσθαι.
Wash your hands, cutting the water from the five springs in the unyielding bronze.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 215; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
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Fast from wickedness!
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
On the Control of Anger · 464 B
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Plut. de ira 464 B .
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νηστεῦσαι κακότητος.
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τοιγάρτοι χαλεπῆισιν ἀλύοντες κακότησιν
οὔποτε δειλαίων ἀχέων λωφήσετε θυμόν.
Therefore are ye distraught by grievous wickednesses, and will not unburden your souls of wretched sorrows.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Exhortation to the Greeks · p. 23
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Clem. Al. Protr. p. 23.
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τοιγάρτοι χαλεπῇσιν ἀλύοντες κακότησιν οὔποτε δειλαίων ἀχέων λωφήσετε θυμόν.
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εἰς δὲ τέλος μάντεις τε καὶ ὑμνοπόλοι καὶ ἰητροί
καὶ πρόμοι ἀνθρώποισιν ἐπιχθονίοισι πέλονται,
ἔνθεν ἀναβλαστοῦσι θεοὶ τιμῆισι φέριστοι.
But, at the last, they appear among mortal men as prophets, song-writers, physicians, and princes; and thence they rise up as gods exalted in honour,
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · p. 632
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Clem. Al. Strom. p. 632
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εἰς δὲ τελὸς μάντεις τε καὶ ὑμνοπόλοι καὶ ἰητροὶ καὶ πρόμοι ἀνθρώποισιν ἐπιχθονίοισι πέλονται, ἔνθεν ἀναβλαστοῦσι θεοὶ τιμῇσι φέριστοι,
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ἀθανάτοις ἄλλοισιν ὁμέστιοι, αὐτοτράπεζοι,
εὔνιες ἀνδρείων ἀχέων, ἀπόκληροι, ἀτειρεῖς.
sharing the hearth of the other gods and the same table, free from human woes, safe from destiny, and incapable of hurt.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Clement of Alexandria
Stromata · p. 722
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Clem. Al. Strom. p. 722
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ἀθανάτοις ἄλλοισιν ὁμέστιοι, αὐτοτράπεζοι, εὔνιες ἀνδρείων ἀχέων, ἀπόκηροι, ἀτειρεῖς.
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... Earth that envelops the man.
John Burnet · Early Greek Philosophy, second edition (1908)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 683 E
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 683 E .
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ἀμφιβρότην χθόνα.
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The cloud-collecting.
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The liver well supplied with blood.
Arthur Fairbanks · The First Philosophers of Greece (1898)How this fragment survives
- Plutarch
Table Talk · 683 E
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Plut. Quaest. conv. 683 E .
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πολυαίματον ἧπαρ.
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Life-giving.
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ἐρεῖ τοίνυν τὴν ἑσπέραν γῆρας ἡμέρας ἢ ὥσπερ Ἐ., καὶ τὸ γῆρας ἑσπέραν βίου ἢ δυσμὰς βίου.
Evening may therefore be called 'the old age of the day,' and old age, 'the evening of life,' or, in the phrase of Empedocles, 'life's setting sun.'
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τὸ γῆρας ἑσπέραν βίου ἢ δυσμὰς βίου.
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The belly.
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Leonard translates the sense supplied by the ancient glossator Hesychius; his note on p. 92 quotes the gloss. The name is otherwise known as Baubo. The former reader’s parenthetic κοιλία was a gloss rather than an additional fragment word
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τὸ γοῦν βρέφος δοκεῖ τελειοῦσθαι ἐν ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάσιν
In sieben mal sieben Tagen wird der Embryo (seiner Gliederung nach) durchgebildet.
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τὸ γοῦν βρέφος δοκεῖ τελειοῦσθαι ἐν ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάσιν, ὡς Ἐ. αἰνίττεται ἐν τοῖς Καθαρμοῖς.
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The biological assertion reported by Theon is translated; his attribution to the Purifications is outside the facing quotation
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ἢ τοῖς μὲν πρώτοις ἐκείνοις ἐπιχειρήσασι σαρκοφαγεῖν τὴν αἰτίαν ἂν εἴποι πᾶς εἶναι τὴν ἀπορίαν· οὐ γὰρ ἐπιθυμίαις ἀνόμοις συνδιάγοντες οὐδ’ ἐν περιουσίαι τῶν ἀναγκαίων ὑβρίσαντες εἰς ἡδονὰς παρὰ φύσιν ἀσυμφύλους ἐπὶ ταῦτ’ ἦλθον, ἀλλ’ εἴποιεν ἂν αἴσθησιν ἐν τῶι παρόντι καὶ φωνὴν λαβόντες· ὦ μακάριοι καὶ θεοφιλεῖς οἱ νῦν ὄντες ὑμεῖς, οἷον βίου λαχόντες αἰῶνα καρποῦσθε καὶ νέμεσθε κλῆρον ἀγαθῶν ἄφθονον, ὅσα φύεται ὑμῖν, ὅσα τρυγᾶται, ὅσον πλοῦτον ἐκ πεδίων, ὅσας ἀπὸ φυτῶν ἡδονὰς δρέπεσθαι πάρεστιν. ἔξεστιν ὑμῖν καὶ τρυφᾶν μὴ μιαινομένοις. ἡμᾶς δὲ σκυθρωπότατον καὶ φοβερώτατον ἐδέξατο βίου καὶ χρόνου μέρος, εἰς πολλὴν καὶ ἀμήχανον ἐκπεσόντας ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης γενέσεως ἀπορίαν· ἔτι μὲν οὐρανὸν ἔκρυπτεν ἀὴρ καὶ ἄστρα, θολερῶι καὶ δυσδιαστατοῦντι πεφυρμένος ὑγρῶι καὶ πυρὶ καὶ ζάλαις ἀνέμων.‘οὔπω δ’ ἥλιος ἵδρυτο ἀπλανῆ καὶ βέβαιον ἔχων δρόμον , ἠῶ καὶ δύσιν ἔκρινεν , περὶ δ(ὲ) ἤγαγεν αὖθις ὀπίσσω καρποφόροισιν ἐπιστέψας καλυκοστεφάνοισιν Ὥραις , γῆ δ’ ὕβριστο‘ποταμῶν ἐκβολαῖς ἀτάκτοις καὶ πολλὰ λίμναισιν ἄμορφα καὶ πηλοῖς βαθέσι καὶ λόχμαις ἀφόροις καὶ ὕλαις ἐξηγρίωτο· φορᾶς δὲ ἡμέρων καρπῶν καὶ τέχνης ὄργανον οὐδὲν 〈ἦν〉 οὐδὲ μηχανὴ σοφίας· ὁ δὲ λιμὸς οὐκ ἐδίδου χρόνον οὐδὲ ὥρας ἐτησίους σπόρος 〈πυρ〉ῶν τότ’ ἀνέμενε. τί θαυμαστόν, εἰ ζώιων ἐχρησάμεθα σαρξὶ παρὰ φύσιν, ὅτ’ ἰλὺς ἠσθίετο καὶ‘φλοιὸς ἐβρώθη ξύλου‘καὶ‘ἄγρωστιν εὑρεῖν βλαστάνουσαν ἢ φλεώ‘τινα ῥίζαν εὐτυχὲς ἦν; βαλάνου δὲ γευσάμενοι καὶ φαγόντες ἐχόρευσαν ὑφ’ ἡδονῆς περὶ δρῦν τινα καὶ φηγὸν ζείδωρον [δὲ] καὶ μητέρα καὶ τροφὸν ἀποκαλοῦντες. ἐκείνην οὖν ὁ τότε βίος ἑορτὴν ἔγνω, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα φλεγμονῆς ἦν ἅπαντα μεστὰ καὶ στυγνότητος. ὑμᾶς δὲ τοὺς νῦν τίς λύσσα καὶ τίς οἶστρος ἄγει πρὸς μιαιφονίαν οἷς τοσαῦτα περίεστι τῶν ἀναγκαίων; κτλ.
And truly, as for those people who first ventured upon eating of flesh, it is very probable that the whole reason of their so doing was scarcity and want of other food; for it is not likely that their living together in lawless and extravagant lusts, or their growing wanton and capricious through the excessive variety of provisions then among them, brought them to such unsociable pleasures as these, against Nature. Yea, had they at this instant but their sense and voice restored to them, I am persuaded they would express themselves to this purpose.
“Oh! happy you, and highly favored of the Gods, who now live! Into what an age of the world are you fallen, who share and enjoy among you a plentiful portion of good things! What abundance of things spring up for your use! What fruitful vineyards you enjoy! What wealth you gather from the fields! What delicacies from trees and plants, which you may gather! You may glut and fill yourselves without being polluted. As for us, we fell upon the most dismal and affrighting part of time, in which we were exposed by our first production to manifold and inextricable wants and necessities. As yet the thickened air concealed the heaven from our view, and the stars were as yet confused with a disorderly huddle of fire and moisture and violent fluxions of winds. As yet the sun was not fixed to an unwandering and certain course, so as to distinguish morning and evening, nor did he bring back the seasons in order crowned with wreaths from the fruitful harvest. The land was also spoiled by the inundations of disorderly rivers; and a great part of it was deformed with sloughs, and utterly wild by reason of deep quagmires, unfertile forests, and woods. There was then no production of tame fruits, nor any instruments of art or invention of wit. And hunger gave no time, nor did seed-time then stay for the yearly season. What wonder is it if we made use of the flesh of beasts contrary to Nature, when mud was eaten and the bark of wood, and when it was thought a happy thing to find either a sprouting grass or a root of any plant! But when they had by chance tasted of or eaten an acorn, they danced for very joy about some oak or esculus, calling it by the names of life-giver, mother, and nourisher. And this was the only festival that those times were acquainted with; upon all other occasions, all things were full of anguish and dismal sadness. But whence is it that a certain ravenousness and frenzy drives you in these happy days to pollute yourselves with blood, since you have such an abundance of things necessary for your subsistence?
William Baxter; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 5, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation)How this fragment survives
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καὶ πέποται ὁ τῆς συνηθείας κυκεών, ὥσπερ ὁ τῆς Κίρκης ὠδῖνάς 〈τ’〉 ὀδύνας 〈τε〉 κυκέων ἀπάτας τε γόους τε.
since most have already drunk that draught of custom, which is like that of Circe,
Of groans and frauds and sorcery replete.
William Baxter; revised William W. Goodwin · Plutarch’s Morals, vol. 5, translated by several hands, corrected and revised by William W. Goodwin (1911 reprint of the nineteenth-century revision of the 1684–1694 translation)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Plutarch, De esu carnium 2.1, 996e
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τίνες οὖν ὕστερον τοῦτ’ ἔγνωσαν; οἳ πρῶτοι κακοεργὸν ἐχαλκεύσαντο μάχαιραν εἰνοδίην, πρῶτοι δὲ βοῶν ἐπάσαντ’ ἀροτήρων.
Who then were the first authors of this opinion, that we owe no justice to dumb animals?
Who first beat out accursed steel, And made the lab’ring ox a knife to feel.
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Published passage: Of Eating of Flesh II.4
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German · Hermann Diels. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906). Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Hippolytus, Refutatio V 8, p. 97.2 W.: μικρά, φησίν, ἐστὶ τὰ μυστήρια τὰ τῆς Περσεφόνης κάτω, περὶ ὧν μυστηρίων καὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς ἀγούσης ἐκεῖ οὔσης «πλατείας καὶ εὐρυχώρου» καὶ φερούσης τοὺς ἀπολλυμένους ἐπὶ τὴν Περσεφόνην 〈...〉. καὶ ὁ ποιητὴς δέ φησιν·αὐτὰρ ὑπ’ αὐτήν ἐστιν ἀταρπιτὸς ὀκρυόεσσα,κοίλη, πηλώδης· ἡ δ’ ἡγήσασθαι ἀρίστηἄλσος ἐς ἱμερόεν πολυτιμήτου Ἀφροδίτης.
But the inferior mysteries, he says, are those of Proserpine below; in regard of which mysteries, and the path which leads thither, which is wide and spacious, and conducts those that are perishing to Proserpine, the poet likewise says:-- "But under her a fearful path extends, Hollow, miry, yet best guide to Highly-honoured Aphrodite's lovely grove."
J. H. MacMahon · Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies V.8, Ante-Nicene Fathers V (1886)How this fragment survives
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ἦν καὶ Τηλαύγης υἱὸς αὐτοῖς, ὃς καὶ διεδέξατο τὸν πατέρα καὶ κατά τινας Ἐμπεδοκλέους καθηγήσατο· Ἱππόβοτός γέ τοί φησι λέγειν Ἐμπεδοκλέα· Τήλαυγες , κλυτὲ κοῦρε Θεανοῦς Πυθαγόρεω τε.
He had also a son, named Telauges, who was the successor of his father in his school, and who, according to some authors, was the teacher of Empedocles. At least Hippobotus relates that Empedocles said:—
“Telauges, noble youth, whom in due time, Theano bore to wise Pythagoras.”
Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 217; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗
English: Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915). Published translation ↗
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English · Charles Duke Yonge. Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915).. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπίγραμμα εἰς αὐτὸν ἐποίησε·
Παυσανίην ἰητρὸν ἐπώνυμον Ἀγχίτεω υἱόν
φῶτ’ Ἀσκληπιάδην πατρὶς ἔθρεψε Γέλα,
ὃς πολλοὺς μογεροῖσι μαραινομένους καμάτοισιν
φῶτας ἀπέστρεψεν Φερσεφόνης ἀδύτων.
He also wrote an epigram upon him:—
Gela, his native land, does boast the birth Of wise Anchites’ son, that great physician, So fitly named Pausanias, from his skill; A genuine son of Æsculapius, Who has stopped many men whom fell disease Marked for its own, from treading those dark paths Which lead to Proserpine’s infernal realms.
Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: Diogenes Laertius 8.60
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
Carrier introduction and full four-line quotation are printed on p 218; duplicate abbreviated quotation and bibliographical material removed, without removing any translated material.
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 218; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗
English: Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915). Published translation ↗
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English · Charles Duke Yonge. Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915).. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἄκρον ἰατρὸν Ἄκρων’ Ἀκραγαντῖνον πατρὸς Ἄκρου κρύπτει κρημνὸς ἄκρος πατρίδος ἀκροτάτης.
“The lofty height of a most eminent country conceals Acron, a skilful physician of Acragas, the son of a skilful father.”
Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915)How this fragment survives
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Yonge prints the punning epigram in Greek in his main text and supplies this literal English in a note. The alternative second line and attribution to Simonides remain in the source dossier
Published passage: Diogenes Laertius 8.65; Yonge’s note on the Acron epigram
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
Both the couplet and the alternative second line in the dossier are printed in 1906; repaired split-word transcription.
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 218; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗
English: Charles Duke Yonge · Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915). Published translation ↗
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 218; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus.
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
Both the couplet and the alternative second line in the dossier are printed in 1906; repaired split-word transcription.
ἄκρον ἰατρὸν Ἄκρων’ Ἀκραγαντῖνον πατρὸς Ἄκρου κρύπτει κρημνὸς ἄκρος πατρίδος ἀκροτάτης. τινὲς δὲ τὸν δεύτερον στίχον οὕτω προσφέρονται ‘ ἀκροτάτης κορυφῆς τύμβος ἄκρος κατέχει ‘. τοῦτό τινες Σιμωνίδου φασὶν εἶναι.
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English · Charles Duke Yonge. Diogenes Laertius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, translated C. D. Yonge (1853; G. Bell and Sons stereotype reprint, 1915).. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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ἡ δὲ ἔφεσις τοῦ φεύγοντος τὸν τῆς Ἄτης λειμῶνα πρὸς τὸν τῆς Ἀληθείας ἐπείγεται λειμῶνα, ὃν ἀπολιπὼν τῆι ὁρμῆι τῆς πτερορρυήσεως εἰς γήινον ἔρχεται σῶμα ὀλβίου αἰῶνος ἀμερθείς.
Celuy qui fuit ces tristes campagnes de l’injure, est conduit par ce bon desir dans la prairie de la vérité ; & s’il la quitte, la chute de ses aisles le précipite dans un corps terrestre,
Où il boit à longs traits l’oubli de son bonheur.
French · André Dacier · Les commentaires d’Hierocles sur les vers dorez de Pythagore (1706), p. 192How this fragment survives
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, second edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), chapter 21 B 121, p 208, lines 28–30: full Hierocles carrier including the words separately indexed as B 158.
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The published translation is preserved. The historical original covers the same ancient passage; differences are noted below.
Corrected broken transcription ἀμερθεί ς toἀμερθείς.
The complete ancient witness remains displayed; Dacier’s French translation, including its noted free final verse, is preserved exactly.
Dossier’s obsolete Gaisford locator is replaced with an explicit Hierocles passage label; historical edition provenance now points directly to the inspected Diels page.
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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, second edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), chapter 21 B 121, p 208, lines 28–30: full Hierocles carrier including the words separately indexed as B 158.
The published translation is preserved. The historical original covers the same ancient passage; differences are noted below.
Corrected broken transcription ἀμερθεί ς toἀμερθείς.
The complete ancient witness remains displayed; Dacier’s French translation, including its noted free final verse, is preserved exactly.
Dossier’s obsolete Gaisford locator is replaced with an explicit Hierocles passage label; historical edition provenance now points directly to the inspected Diels page.
Hierocles, Commentary on the Golden Verses24 (on vv54ff.). ἡ δὲ ἔφεσις τοῦ φεύγοντος τὸν τῆς Ἄτης λειμῶνα πρὸς τὸν τῆς Ἀληθείας ἐπείγεται λειμῶνα, ὃν ἀπολιπὼν τῆι ὁρμῆι τῆς πτερορρυήσεως εἰς γήινον ἔρχεται σῶμα ὀλβίου αἰῶνος ἀμερθείς.
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Dacier’s wording and historical spelling are preserved; the long-s letter is transcribed as ordinary s and line-end word divisions are joined. His final line is a free verse rendering, not a literal translation. In his note on p. 381 he also gives the literal gloss “privé de la vie bienheureuse.”
French · André Dacier · Les commentaires d’Hierocles sur les vers dorez de Pythagore (1706), p. 192 Published translation ↗
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French · André Dacier. Les commentaires d’Hierocles sur les vers dorez de Pythagore (1706), p. 192. Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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Ἐμπεδοκλεῖ δὲ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα φανερόν, ὅτι μέχρι τῶν στοιχείων ἔχει τὴν γένεσιν καὶ τὴν φθοράν, αὐτῶν δὲ τούτων πῶς γίνεται καὶ φθείρεται τὸ σωρευόμενον μέγεθος οὔτε δῆλον κτλ.
In the philosophy of Empedocles, on the other hand, it is evident that all the other bodies down to the 'elements' have their coming-to-be and their passingaway: but it is not clear how the 'elements' themselves, severally in their aggregated masses, come-to-be and pass-away.
H. H. Joachim · Aristotle, On Coming-to-be and Passing-away, Oxford translation (1922)How this fragment survives
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Published passage: On Generation and Corruption I.8, 325b19–22
Existing human translation retained verbatim; historical original-language passage covers the same translated quotation.
Full ancient carrier passage verified, including the final κτλ.; removed modern bibliographic heading.
Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (Berlin: Weidmann, 1906), p. 218; historical running original-language text, excluding the critical apparatus. View original source ↗
English: H. H. Joachim · Aristotle, On Coming-to-be and Passing-away, Oxford translation (1922) Published translation ↗
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English · H. H. Joachim. Aristotle, On Coming-to-be and Passing-away, Oxford translation (1922). Default reading. Published translation ↗ Paired original ↗
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