Part 29

ὡς γὰρ ἑκάστοτ’ ἔχει κρᾶσις μελέων πολυκάμπτων, τὼς νόος ἀνθρώποισι παρέστηκεν· τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ ἔστιν ὅπερ φρονέει μελέων φύσις ἀνθρώποισιν καὶ πᾶσιν καὶ παντί· τὸ γὰρ πλέον ἐστὶ νόημα.

δεξιτεροῖσιν μὲν κούρους, λαοῖσι δὲ κούρας. 150 οὕτω τοι κατὰ δόξαν ἔφυν τάδε νῦν τε ἔασι, καὶ μετέπειτ’ ἀπὸ τοῦδε τελευτήσουσι τραφέντα. τοῖς δ’ ὄνομα ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ’ ἐπίσημον ἑκάστῳ.

Kars. 150

Femina virque simul Veneris cum germina miscent unius in formam diverso ex sanguine virtus temperiem servans bene condita corpora fingit. at si virtutes permixto semine pugnent nec faciant unam permixto in corpore dirae nascentem gemino vexabunt semine sexum.

Simpl. Phys. 7, v. 31, 4. ἐπὶ τῷδέ ἐστι τὸ ἀραιὸν καὶ τὸ θερμὸν καὶ τὸ φαὸς καὶ τὸ μαλθακὸν καὶ τὸ κουφὸν, ἐπὶ δὲ πυκνῷ ὠνόμασται τὸ ψυχρὸν καὶ ὁ ζόφος καὶ σκληρὸν καὶ βαρύ· ταῦτα γὰρ ἀπεκρίθη ἑκατέρως ἑκατέρα.

Sources and Critical Notes.

1-30. (Followed without break by 53-58) Sext. Emp. Math. vii. 111. Cf. Porphyrius, de antro nymph. ch. 22. 28-32. Simpl. de coelo 557, 25. 28-30. Laer. Diog. ix. 22. 29-30. Plut. adv. Colot. 1114 D. Prokl. Tim. p. 105 B; Clem. Al. Strom. v. p. 682.

Vv. 6-8 Karsten transfers to a position after v. 10 (order: 5, 9, 10, 6, 7, 8, 11), comma at end of v. 5 and period at end of v. 8. Stein transfers vv. 4-8 to a position after v. 21, and changes δαίμονος of v. 3 to δαίμονες in apposition with Ἡλιάδες κοῦραι. Order: 3, 9, 10 ... 20, 21, 4, 5 ... 7, 8, where a break occurs, and v. 22 begins a new section.

V. 2: SV ζησαν. V. 3: MSS. πάντα τῆ φέρει, Karst. πάντ’ ἀδαῆ φ., Hermann καὶ πάντ’ αὐτὴ, Stein πάντα μάθη. Diels compares v. 32 and Verg. Aen. vi. 565. V. 4: C φερομένην, G φέρομαι. V. 6: Karsten inserts ἵει. V. 7: G αἰσθόμενος, Stein ἀχθόμενος: GR ἐπήγετο, C ἐπήγετος V. 10: MSS. κρατερῶν, except G κρατεραῖς, corr. Karsten. V. 12: MSS. καὶ σφᾶς. V. 14: CRV δίκην. V. 17: FG ταῖς. V. 20: MSS. CGRV ἀρηρότα τῆ, Hermann ἀρηρότας ᾗ. V. 25: V ἵπποι: R τε, other MSS. ταὶ. V. 26: CR οὔτοι, G οὔτε. V. 27: Stein τηλοῦ for ἐκτὸς. V. 28: CR πείθεσθαι. V. 29: Prokl. εὐφέγγεος, Simpl. εὐκυκλέος: Plut., Diog., Sext. L ἀτρεκές; text follows Prokl. and other MSS. of Sext. Stein compares Sextus’s explanation ἀμετακίνητον 215 6. V. 31: Stein suggests τοῦτο. V. 32: MSS. εἶναι, corr. Karsten.

33-40. Prokl. Tim. 105 B. 35-40. Simpl. Phys. 25 r 116, 28. 40 b. Plot. Ennead. v. 1, 8, p. 489; Clem. Al. Strom. 749.

V. 33: MSS. ἄγε τῶν, corr. Karsten. V. 34: MSS. μοῦσαι, corr. Brandis. V. 38: Prokl. δ’ ἤτοι: Simpl. παναπευθέα, Stein παναπειθῆ, text follows Prokl. V. 39 Prokl. ἐφικτὸν, text follows Simpl. Stein compares Simpl. D 109, 24; 111, 25.

41-42. Prokl. Parm. ii. 120; Vulg. ἄρξομαι corr. Karst.

43-51. Simpl. Phys. 25 r 117, 4. 43-44. Ibid. 19 r 86, 27. 45. Cf. Ibid. 17 r 78, 6. 50. Ibid. 17 r 78, 3.

V. 43: F τέον, aDE (19: 86) τὸ ὄν. V. 44: MSS. (19: 86) and a (25: 117): D μὴ δὲ οἵδ’, F οἶδ’, E μὴ δέοι δ’: f εἶναι, DEF (25: 117) ἔστι. V. 45: Diels supplies εἴργω, Stein concludes the line like v. 52. V. 47 DEF πλάττονται, text follows a. Vv. 50, 51: Diels ταὐτόν.

53-58a follow 1-32 in Sext. Emp. 52-53. Plato, Soph. 237 A, 258 D; Arist. Met. xiii. 1089 a; Simpl. Phys. 29 v 135, 21; 31 r 143, 31; 53 v 244, 1. 53. Simpl. Phys. 11 r 78, 6; 152 v 650, 13. 54-56. Diog. Laer. ix. 22.

V. 52: Plato, τοῦτ’ οὐδαμῇ, Arist. τοῦτο δαῇς Simpl. δαμῆ, corr. Stein. Karsten omits v. 52. V. 55: Bergk εὔσκοπον. V. 56: CRV κρίνε, G κριναν: L πολύπειρον. Vulg. λόγῳ, corr. Burnet. Stein rejects v. 53, and transfers 54-57a to the proœmium following 32.

57 b-112 (except 90-93). Simpl. Phys. 31: 145-146. 57 b-59. Ibid. 31 r 142, 34. 57 b-70. Ibid. 17 r 78, 12. 59-60. Clem. Al. Strom. v. 716; Euseb. Praep. xiii. 680 c. 59-61. Simpl. Phys. 7 r 30, 1. 60. Plut. adv. Col. 1114 D; Euseb. Praep. i. 23; Theod. Ther. Ser. iv. 7; Phil. Phys. B 5 r: 65; Simpl. de Caelo 557, 17; Phys. 26 r 120, 23. 60a. Simpl. Phys. 19 r 87, 21; Plut. Strom. 5; Dox. 580. 61. Ammon. on Herm. D 7 (= Cramer A. P. 1388); Philop. Phys. 5 r: 65; Prokl. Parm. iv. 62. 62-66. Simpl. Phys. 34 v 162, 18. 62-65. Simpl. de Caelo, 137, 1.

V. 57: Stein μόνης: V δέ τι, CH δὲ τοι, FG δέ γε. V. 60: Plut. Strom. 5 reads μοῦνον for οὖλον: a (17: 78) ἀτέλευτον, MSS. (26: 120) and Dox. 284 and 580 ἀγένητον. V. 62: F διζήσεται. V. 66: D (31: 145) μηδαμῶς: E (31: 145) αὐξάμενον: Da (17: 78) a (31: 145) φῦναι, E φῦν. Cf. Stein, p. 786. V. 68: MSS. ἔκ γε μὴ ὄντος, DE om. γε, Karst. ἐκ τοῦ ἐόντος, Stein ἔκ γε πέλοντος. Corr. Diels, paraphrasing Simpl. 78, 27. V. 70: EF Bergk, Diels πέδησιν. V. 71b: v. Stein, Symbol. 787. V. 73: aDE ἀνόνητον; text follows F. V. 75: MSS. ἔπειτα πέλοι το, corr. Karsten, Stein ἀπόλοιτο πέλον: MSS. ἄν, corr. Stein. V. 76: EF ἐγένετ’, D ἔγετ’, corr. Bergk.

77. De Caelo, 559, 115. 78. Simpl. Phys. 19 r 86, 24, 31 r 143, 3; 81. Simpl. Phys. 86, 22; 87, 23. Plot. Ennead. vi. 4, 4, 648 A; Prokl. Parm. ii. 62 and 120; Philop. B 5: 65. 82-89 (except 85). Simpl. Phys. 9 r 39, 26. 82-84. Ibid. 17 v 79, 32. 85-89. Ibid. 7 r 30, 6; 9 r 40, 3. 85. Prokl. Parm. iv. 32. Simpl. Phys. 31 r 143, 15.

V. 78: F διαιρέτεον. V. 79: For μᾶλλον Stein reads κεν ἐόν. V. 80: F δὲ πλέον. V. 82: D ἀκινήτων. V. 84: MSS. τῆδε, corr. Scal. DEF ἐπλάχθησαν, corr. a. V. 85: Diels ταὐτόν, ταὐτῷ, ἑαυτό. Simpl. 30, 6 omits the last τε. V. 86: C οὐχ οὕτως, a οὕτως, text from DF. V. 88: Stein πέλον. V. 89: Simpl. μὴ ἐὸν δὲ ἂν παντὸς. Karsten reads ἐπιδευές in three syllables and puts κε for ἄν. Preller omits μή. Stein considers these views untenable, and finds a break, probably longer than one line, after ἐπιδευές.

90-93. Clem. Al. Strom. v. 2, 653. 90. Theod. Ther. Ser. i. 13.

V. 90: Stein suggests ἀπεόν τε νόῳ παρεόν τε βεβαίῳ. V. 91: Stein πέλον: Vulg. ἀποτμήξει, corr. Brandis. MSS. τὸ ἐὸν τοῦ, corr. Preller, comparing vv. 105 and 108.

94-112. Simpl. Phys. 31 v 146, 7. 94-98. Ibid. 19 r 87, 13 and 86, 31. 94-96. Ibid. 31 r 143, 22. 98. Plat. Theaet. 180 E, and from this Simpl. Phys. 7 r 29, 18. 103-105. Plat. Soph. 244 E; from Plato, Simpl. Phys. 12 r 52, 23; 19 v 89, 22; Stob. Ecl. i. 15, p. 352. 103-104. Arist. de X. Z. G. ch. 2 and 4; Prokl. Tim. 160 D; Simpl. Phys. 27 r 126, 22 and 127, 31; 29 v 137, 16. 104-105. Prokl. Parm. iv. p. 62.

V. 95: DE (87, 15) πεφωτισμένον. V. 96: (19: 86, 13) οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστιν. (31: 146) οὐδ’ εἰ χρόνος ἐστίν, corr. Stein. V. 98: Text from Simpl. 19: 87. Simpl. 31: 146 πάντ’ ὠνόμασται. Plato οἷον ἀκίνητον † τελέθει τῷ πάντι † ὄνομ’ εἶναι. V. 100: MSS. οὐχί, corr. Karst. V. 105: E and Plato χρεόν. V. 102: Karsten αὐτὰρ ἐπί, Stein αὐτὰρ ἐόν, V. 106: DEF παύοι, text from a: F κινεῖσθαι, Stein ἱκέσθαι. V. 107: MSS. οὔτε ὄν, corr. a. DEF καὶ ἕν, a κενὸν, corr. Karsten. V. 109: DEF οἱ γάρ, a ἦ γάρ, Diels εἰ γάρ or ἧ γάρ: MSS. κυρεῖ, corr. Stein.

110-121. Simpl. Phys. 9 r 38, 30. 110-119. Ibid. 7 v 30, 4. 113-119. Ibid. 38 r 180, 1. 110-113. Simpl. de Coelo 138, Peyr. 55 sq.

V. 113: (9 r 38) DEF γνώμας. 110-111. Phys. 9 r 41, 8 (7 v 30 and 38 r 180 all MSS. give γνώμαις and Stein prefers this, p. 794). V. 117: (9 r 39) DE, (39 r 180) DEF ἤπιον ἀραιὸν ἐλαφρόν (ἔστιν a), 7 r 30, and (9 r 39) aF ἤπιον ὂν μέγ’ ἀραιὸν ἐλαφρόν, RP λεπτὸν ἀραιὸν ἐλαφρὸν, text follows Stein V. 118: (9 r 39) aEF (39 r 180) aF, (7 v 31) MSS. κατ’ αὐτό· (9 r 39) DE κατὰ ταὐτον, text follows Stein, who uses first letter of the next line. V. 119: F κατ’ αὐτό τἀντια, aDE τἀναντια, text from Stein by change of Τ to Υ. V. 120: MSS. τὸν, corr. Karsten. V. 121: Stein reads γνώμῃ.

122-125. Simpl. Phys. 39 r 180, 9.

V. 125: D ἶσον, Stein suggests ἀμφότερον.