In this speech I address the plutarchean exegesis (frg.13-15 Sandbach) to w. 819-830 of Arato's Phaenomena. The sun, brighter than the other stars, dissolves the vapors that rise from the earth thanks to their power of attraction (fr .13); it appears concave to the eye because of the interposition of the foggy air (fr.14), and it is precisely because of the density of the air that the rays of the sun appear to be thin and similar to a pallet (fr.15). Fr.16 is a comment on w.1033-36 of the Phaenomema, which are about the humidity of the air that makes it difficult lighting the fire and lamps.
Plutarch and the Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus
VOLPE, Paola
2015-01-01
Abstract
In this speech I address the plutarchean exegesis (frg.13-15 Sandbach) to w. 819-830 of Arato's Phaenomena. The sun, brighter than the other stars, dissolves the vapors that rise from the earth thanks to their power of attraction (fr .13); it appears concave to the eye because of the interposition of the foggy air (fr.14), and it is precisely because of the density of the air that the rays of the sun appear to be thin and similar to a pallet (fr.15). Fr.16 is a comment on w.1033-36 of the Phaenomema, which are about the humidity of the air that makes it difficult lighting the fire and lamps.File in questo prodotto:
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