Ἐποχή
cessation, suspension; epoch
Translated by Catharine Roth6 Jan 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Pyrrho(n) was the first to introduce a kind of agnosticism and suspension [sc. of judgment].1
Epokhe2 is the division which embraces the sun and the moon and each of the [sc. other] planets. These are in order:3 Phainon [= Saturn],4 Phaethon [= Jupiter],5 Puroeis [= Mars],6 Helios [= Sun], Phosphoros [= Morning Star/Venus],7 Stilbon [= Mercury],8 Selene [= Moon]. Each of the [sc. 12] signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 parts, which are called moirai ["degrees"]. The degree is divided into 60 parts, which are called the sixty prota lepta ["minutes"]. And each minute is divided again into sixty, which are called deutera lepta ["seconds"]. To use more [subdivisions] than the seconds in the ordinary table [is] not necessary.9
Epokhe2 is the division which embraces the sun and the moon and each of the [sc. other] planets. These are in order:3 Phainon [= Saturn],4 Phaethon [= Jupiter],5 Puroeis [= Mars],6 Helios [= Sun], Phosphoros [= Morning Star/Venus],7 Stilbon [= Mercury],8 Selene [= Moon]. Each of the [sc. 12] signs of the zodiac is divided into 30 parts, which are called moirai ["degrees"]. The degree is divided into 60 parts, which are called the sixty prota lepta ["minutes"]. And each minute is divided again into sixty, which are called deutera lepta ["seconds"]. To use more [subdivisions] than the seconds in the ordinary table [is] not necessary.9