# Stobaei Hermetica 23.9

Corpus Hermeticum, Stobaei Hermetica, Excerpt 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/stobaei-hermetica/23.9

ἱκανὸΝ δὲ τὸΝ μέσοΝ ἤργει χρόνοΝ [ἐκέκρυπτο] [[καὶ]] ἡ ⟨τῶν ὑποκειμένων⟩ φύσις, ὦ τέκνον, ⟨⟨καὶ⟩⟩ ἐτύγχανε στεῖρα, ἕως αὐτοὶ οἱ ἤδη περιπολεῖν τὸν οὐρανὸν κελευσθέντες ⟨⟨θεοί⟩⟩, τῷ πάντων [[θεῷ]] βασιλεῖ προσελθόντες, τὴν τῶν ⟨κάτω⟩ ὄντων ἡσυχίαν ἀπήγγειλαν, καὶ ὅτι δέον ἐστὶ συγκοσμηθῆναι ⟨καὶ ταῦ⟩τα [σύμπαντα] [[καὶ τοῦτο οὐχ ἑτέρου τινός ἐστιν ἔργον ἢ αὐτοῦ]]· καὶ Δεόμεθά σου ἔλεγον τὰ νῦν ὄντα καὶ [ὧν] ὕστερον ⟨ἐσόμενα τίνος⟩ ἔχει χρείαν διασκέψασ⟨θαι⟩. ⟨⟨καὶ ⟨γὰρ⟩ τοῦτο οὐχ ἑτέρου τινός ἐστιν ἔργον ἢ αὐτοῦ⟩⟩ ⟨σοῦ⟩.

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Anonymous, Stobaei Hermetica, ed. Walter Scott. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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