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interpretationi favet Grotius, quod Jupiter sit Sol nonnullis et πρωτογόνος. Mihi neutrum sufficit; sed potius arbitror locum esse corruptum, et pro vulgato legendum esse Ἀυτοῑς καὶ προτερῇ γενεῇ, ita, ut totum commation jungatur cum antecedenti ἀνθρώποισιν, et sensus exeat hic: salve pater, magna admiratio, magna hominibus utilitas, qui sunt et qui ante fuerunt."
(Buhle.)
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22.. . . . . . . . .ἔχει δ᾽ ἀτάλαντον ἁπάντη
Μεσσηγὸς γαἲαν. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Μεσσηγὸς γαἲαν. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.Round a fix'd axis roll the starry skies:
Earth, even balanc'd, in the centre lies.
Earth, even balanc'd, in the centre lies.
The ancients entertained the notion that the earth was a solid globe suspended in the centre of the heavenly bodies, which daily revolved round it on an imaginary axis. Manillius says:
"Quod nisi librato penderet pondere tellus,
Non ageret currus, mundi subeuntibus astris,
Phoebus ab occasu, et nunquam remearet ad ortus :
Nec matutinis fulgeret Lucifer horis,
Hesperos emenso dederat qui lumen Olympo."
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Aëra pergelidum tenuis diducitur axis,
Libratumque regit diverso cardine mundum :
Sidereus circa medium quem volvitur orbis,
Ethereosque rotat currus; immotus at ille
Austrinas arctos magni per inania mundi,
Perque ipsum terræ directus constitit orbem."
Non ageret currus, mundi subeuntibus astris,
Phoebus ab occasu, et nunquam remearet ad ortus :
Nec matutinis fulgeret Lucifer horis,
Hesperos emenso dederat qui lumen Olympo."
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"Aëra pergelidum tenuis diducitur axis,
Libratumque regit diverso cardine mundum :
Sidereus circa medium quem volvitur orbis,
Ethereosque rotat currus; immotus at ille
Austrinas arctos magni per inania mundi,
Perque ipsum terræ directus constitit orbem."
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26.. . . . . . . . . .δύω δέ μιν ἀμφις ἔχουσαι
Ἄρκτοι ἅμα τροχόωσι. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ἄρκτοι ἅμα τροχόωσι. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25.Round this the Bears, with head to head reverse,
And back to back, pursue their endless course.
And back to back, pursue their endless course.