Ἥλιον κρύπτεσθαι ἄστρα δείκνυσθαι

the sun being hidden (but) the stars being revealed

Translated by Catharine Roth13 Jan 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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The rhetoricians call these [rhetorical figures] vehement,¹ but grammarians [call them] rhyming,² and philosophers [call them] balanced.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἥλιον κρύπτεσθαι, ἄστρα δείκνυσθαι· ταῦτα οἱ μὲν ῥήτορες καλοῦσι γοργά, γραμματικοὶ δὲ ὁμοιοκατάληκτα, φιλόσοφοι δὲ πάρισα.