PART 2 AëtianaV Part2 Philosophia Antiqua A Series of Studies on Ancient Philosophy EditorialBoard F.A.J.deHaas(Leiden) K.A.Algra(Utrecht) J.Mansfeld(Utrecht) C.J.Rowe(Durham) D.T.Runia(Melbourne) Ch.Wildberg(Princeton) PreviousEditors J.H.Waszink† W.J.Verdenius† J.C.M.VanWinden† volume 153/2 Thetitlespublishedinthisseriesarelistedatbrill.com/pha Aëtiana V AnEditionof theReconstructedTextof thePlacita with aCommentaryandaCollectionof RelatedTexts part 2 Book 2Text and Commentary Book 3Text and Commentary Editedby JaapMansfeld DavidT.Runia LEIDEN | BOSTON TheLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailableonlineathttp://catalog.loc.gov LCrecordavailableathttp://lccn.loc.gov/96042463 TypefacefortheLatin,Greek,andCyrillicscripts:“Brill”.Seeanddownload:brill.com/brill‑typeface. 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Contents Part 1 Preface ix SiglaandAbbreviations xii GeneralIntroduction 1 Book 1 ThePrinciplesofNature:TextandCommentary 101 Part 2 SiglaandAbbreviations ix User’sGuidetotheEditionandCommentary 719 Book 2 Cosmology:TextandCommentary 727 IntroductiontoBook2 729 TitleandIndex 739 Proœmium 743 1 OntheCosmos 746 2 OntheShapeoftheCosmos 768 3 WhethertheCosmosIsEnsouledandAdministeredby Providence 780 4 WhethertheCosmosisIndestructible 794 5 WheretheCosmosObtainsItsNourishmentFrom 816 5a WheretheCosmosHasItsRegentPart 826 6 FromWhatKindofFirstElementtheGodBegantoMakethe Cosmos 833 7 OntheOrderoftheCosmos 845 8 WhattheCauseoftheCosmosHavingBeenTiltedIs 858 9 OnWhatisOutsidetheCosmos,WhetherThereIsaVoid 864 10 WhattheRightPartsoftheCosmosAreandWhattheLeft 876 11 OntheHeaven,WhatItsSubstanceIs 883 12 OntheDivisionofHeaven,intoHowManyCirclesItIsDivided 896 13 WhattheSubstanceoftheHeavenlyBodiesIs,BothPlanetsandFixed Stars 903 vi contents 14 OntheShapesoftheStars 920 15 OntheOrderingoftheHeavenlyBodies 927 16 OntheConveyanceandMovementoftheHeavenlyBodies 938 17 FromWheretheHeavenlyBodiesObtainTheirIllumination 949 18 OntheStarsCalledtheDioscuri 957 19 OnSignsoftheSeasonsProducedbytheHeavenlyBodies 962 20 OntheSubstanceoftheSun 970 21 OntheSizeoftheSun 992 22 OntheShapeoftheSun 1005 23 OntheTurningsoftheSun 1012 24 OntheEclipseoftheSun 1024 25 OntheSubstanceoftheMoon 1034 26 OntheSizeoftheMoon 1049 27 OntheShapeoftheMoon 1056 28 OntheIlluminationsoftheMoon 1065 29 OntheEclipseoftheMoon 1078 30 OnItsAppearanceandWhyItAppearstoBeEarthy 1090 31 OntheDistancesoftheMoon 1103 32 OntheYear,HowGreattheTimeoftheRevolutionofEachofthe PlanetsIs,andWhattheGreatYearIs 1113 Book 3 MeteorologyandtheEarth:TextandCommentary 1129 IntroductiontoBook3 1131 TitleandIndex 1140 Proœmium 1144 1 OntheCircleoftheMilkyWay 1149 2 OnCometsandShootingStarsandBeams 1168 3 OnThunders,Lightnings,Thunderbolts,FirewindsandTyphoons 1182 4 OnClouds,Mist,Rains,Dew,Snow,Hoar-Frost,Hail 1203 5 OntheRainbow 1214 5a (Formerly18)OntheHalo 1235 6 OnRods 1241 7 OnWinds 1245 8 OnWinterandSummer 1254 9 OntheEarth,andWhatItsSubstanceIsandHowManyThere Are 1259 10 OntheShapeoftheEarth 1265 11 OntheLocationoftheEarth 1272 12 OntheInclinationoftheEarth 1280 13 WhethertheEarthIsatRestorMoves 1283 contents vii 14 OntheDivisionoftheEarth,HowManyZonesThereAre 1292 15 OnEarthquakes 1300 16 OntheSea,HowItCametoBeandHowBitterItIs 1320 17 HowLowandHighTidesOccur 1330 Part 3 SiglaandAbbreviations ix User’sGuidetotheEditionandCommentary 1347 Book 4 Psychology:TextandCommentary 1355 Book 5 Physiology:TextandCommentary 1739 Part 4 EnglishTranslationofthePlacita 2059 User’sGuidetotheEnglishTranslation 2061 Book 1 ThePrinciplesofNature 2063 Book 2 Cosmology 2089 Book 3 MeteorologyandtheEarth 2108 Book 4 Psychology 2120 Book 5 Physiology 2137 Appendix:ListofChapterHeadingsintheTranslationofQusṭāibn Lūqā 2153 Bibliography 2158 IndexofPrimaryandSecondaryWitnesses 2283 IndexofName-LabelsandOtherNames 2291 IndexofFragmentCollectionsandExtantSources 2296 IndexofAncientandModernNames 2309 Sigla and Abbreviations 1 AbbreviationsRelatingtoAëtiusandHisTradition A Aëtius Ach Achilles AD AriusDidymus Ath Athenagoras C CyrilofAlexandria E Eusebius G ps.Galen J ps.Justin L IoannesLydus Nem Nemesius Nic Nicolaus,translatorofps.Galen P ps.Plutarch,Placitaphilosophorumandhistradition(EGQetc.) Ps Psellus Q(orQusṭā) QusṭāibnLūqā S IoannesStobaeus T TheodoretofCyrrhus 2 SiglaRelatingtotheApparatusCriticusoftheEdition a PrimaryWitnesses P traditionofps.Plutarch PP papyrus,editedbyJ.W.BarnsandH.Zilliacus(1960–1967),TheAntinoopolis PapyriPartsII&III,London PB Byzantinemanuscripts Family Manuscript Date I Mosquensis339 12thcentury II Marcianus521 13th/14thcentury III (Planudeanfamily) α Ambrosianus859 shortlybefore1296 Α Parisinus1671 1296 γ Vaticanus139 shortlyafter1296 Ε Parisinus1672 shortlyafter1302 Laur. Laurentianus31,37 14thcentury