Τεταμένον φῶς εὐθὺς οἷον κίονα
a light stretched straight like a pillar
Translated by Catharine Roth14 Dec 2013Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
He is speaking of the heavenly [light]: for the continuous [sunexe/s means] the foundation[?],1 the undergirding2 of the cosmos. And then going on to say "at the extremities," the axle is imagined. [He writes] eu)qu/ ["straight"] in place of o)rqo/n ["upright"]. But some [say that he means] the axle of the cosmos; others [say that he means] a kind of cylinder of ethereal fire which is around the axle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τεταμένον φῶς εὐθὺς οἷον κίονα· τὸ οὐράνιον λέγει· τὸ γὰρ συνεχὲς τὴν ὑποφοράν, τὸ ὑπόζωσμα τοῦ κόσμου. κατ' ἄκρα δ' αὖ διήκων, ἐπινοεῖται ὁ ἄξων. εὐθὺ δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὀρθόν. τινὲς τὸν ἄξονα τοῦ κόσμου. οἱ δὲ κύλινδρόν τινα πυρὸς αἰθερίου περὶ τὸν ἄξονα ὄντα.
Betacode
*tetame/non fw=s eu)qu\s oi(=on ki/ona: to\ ou)ra/nion le/gei: to\ ga\r sunexe\s th\n u(pofora/n, to\ u(po/zwsma tou= ko/smou. kat' a)/kra d' au)= dih/kwn, e)pinoei=tai o( a)/cwn. eu)qu\ de\ a)nti\ tou= o)rqo/n. tine\s to\n a)/cona tou= ko/smou. oi( de\ ku/lindro/n tina puro\s ai)qeri/ou peri\ to\n a)/cona o)/nta.
Notes (2)
- = Photius tau192 Theodoridis. From commentary on a passage from the Myth of Er in Plato, Republic 10.616B, where the headword phrase occurs -- though with neuter
eu)qu/ , as later in the entry, rather than the lexicographers' ungrammaticaleu)qu/s (web address 1). (Porson emended Photius' text, and Aemilius Portus the Suda's, accordingly.) - 1Adler notes that 'Chr. Schneider' [= K.E.C. Schneider, 1786-1856] emended to
sune/xon th\n perifora/n , comparing the Platonic text (616C). ↩ - 2Adler reports that ms G has the earlier spelling
u(po/zwma (as in Plato, though in the plural -- cf. generally upsilon 493), also advocated by Naber for Photius; Theodoridis approves. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 9 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expansions to notes; another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth