The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their worksFairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy
The first philosophers of Greece : $b An edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Sokratic philosophers, together with a translation of the more important accounts of their opinions contained in the early epitomes of their works
Fairbanks, Arthur
Philosophy, Ancient
21. Athen. xi. p. 462.
Vv. 4-8: Eustath. _Od._ ι 359, p. 1633, 53. V. 2: MSS.
ἀμφιτιθεὶς, corr. Dindorf. V. 13: Bergk⁴ reads πορσύνει. V. 4:
Eust. omits δὲ and reads ἐμφροσύνης. V. 5: _AE_ οἶνος ἐστὶν
ἕτοιμος, Karst. ἄλλῳ δ’ οἶνος ἕτοιμος. Text follows Meineke
and Bergk. V. 11: Vulg. αὐτὸ μέσον, corr. Karst. V. 14: MSS.
λόγοις, Eichstädt νόοις, Schneid. νόμοις. V. 16: Vulg. puts
colon after πρήσσειν and period at end of line. Meineke puts
comma at end of line, and colon after ὕβρις. Bergk reads ταῦτα
γὰρ ὧν ... ὕβρις as parenthetical. Schneid. προαιρέτεον. V. 19:
Hermann ἀναφαίῃ. V. 20: Vulg. ἡ μνημοσύνη, καὶ τὸν ὃς, Schneid.
οἱ μνημοσύνη καὶ πόνος, Bergk οἱ μνημοσύν’ ᾖ, καὶ τὸν, ὃς.
V. 21: Bergk διέπει. V. 22: Hermann οὐδέ τι, Bergk οὐδ’ αὖ:
MSS. πλασμάτων, corr. Hermann. V. 23: MSS. φενδόνας, Scalig.
φλεδόνας, Osann. σφεδανάς. V. 24: Scalig. adds δὲ: MSS. ἀγαθήν,
corr. Franke et al.
22. Athen. ix. P. 368 E. V. 3: MSS. ἀφίξεται, corr. Karst. V. 4: Meineke
κλέος Ἑλλαδικῶν, Bergk ἀοιδοπόλων ᾖ γένος Ἑλλαδικῶν.
23. Athen. xi. p. 782. V. 2: Vulg. ἐγχεύας, corr. Casaub.
24. Diog. Laer. ix. 19.
25. Arist. _Rhet._ i. 15; p. 377 a 20.
26. _Etym. Magn._ s.v. Γηράς; attributed to Xenophon.
27. Schol. ad Aristoph. _Equit._ v. 408. Vulg. ἐλάται, MS. θ ἐλάτε, V
ἐλάτη. Lobeck, _Aglaoph._ p. 308 i, suggests ἐκστᾶσιν δ’ ἐλατῶν πυκινοὶ
περὶ δώματα βάκχοι, and compares Eurip. _Bacch._ 110.
(28). Draco Straton. p. 33, ed. Herm.; Cram. _An. Oxon._ iii. p. 296
(Herod. περὶ διχρόν. p. 367 Lehrs); Cram. _An. Oxon._ iv. p. 415
(_Choerob. dict._ p. 566 Gais.).
(29). Herod. περὶ μον. λέξ. 41, 5. MSS. Ξενοφῶν, corr. Dind. Cf. _Etym.
Magn._ 235, 4. _Etym. Gud._ 301, 15.
(30). Herod. _Ibid._ 30, 30. MSS. καὶ μὴν, corr. Lehrs. Cf. περὶ κλισ.
ὄνομ. 772, 33.
(31). Herod. περὶ διχρόν. 296, 5.
TRANSLATION.
1. God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body
or in mind.[33]
2. The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the whole hears.[34]
3. But without effort he sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
4. It [_i.e._ being] always abides in the same place, not moved at all,
nor is it fitting that it should move from one place to another.
5. But mortals suppose that the gods are born (as they themselves are),
and that they wear man’s clothing and have human voice and body.[35]
6. But if cattle or lions had hands, so as to paint with their hands and
produce works of art as men do, they would paint their gods and give them
bodies in form like their own—horses like horses, cattle like cattle.[36]
7. Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are
disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them
many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.[37]
8. For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming
earth.[38]
9. For we are all sprung from earth and water.[39]
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