Οὐρανός Οὐρανός

heaven, universe

Translated by Marcelo Boeri21 Jul 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 53 words
Heaven is the extreme circumference, on which all the divine has its foundation.1
[There are] two heavens: (i) the one that came into being along with earth, and (ii) the one that was ordered to come into being later on in the midst of the water; [the one] which [God] also called 'firmament'.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐρανός. Οὐρανός ἐστιν ἡ ἐσχάτη περιφέρεια, ἐν ᾗ πᾶν ἵδρυται τὸ θεῖον. Οὐρανοὶ δύο, ὁ σὺν τῇ γῇ γεγενημένος, καὶ ὁ ὕστερον μέσον τῶν ὑδάτων προσταχθεὶς γενέσθαι· ὃν καὶ στερέωμα προσηγόρευσεν.

Betacode
*ou)rano/s. *ou)rano/s e)stin h( e)sxa/th perife/reia, e)n h(=| pa=n i(/drutai to\ qei=on. *ou)ranoi\ du/o, o( su\n th=| gh=| gegenhme/nos, kai\ o( u(/steron me/son tw=n u(da/twn prostaxqei\s gene/sqai: o(\n kai\ stere/wma proshgo/reusen.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Diogenes Laertius 7.138 (in the context of a Stoic doxography). The same idea can be found in Aristotle, On the Heavens 278b11-15. ↩
  2. 2From commentary on Genesis 1.6-8, 14-15 LXX; cf. Philo, On the creation of the world 36.3-4 (web address 1). ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Mar 2021
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — Marcelo Boeri

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