# in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium 72

Joannes Philoponus, in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium, IOANNIS PHILOPONI IN METEOROLOGICORUM. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-philoponus-phil/in-aristotelis-meteorologicorum-librum-primum-commentarium/72

Πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοί φασι καὶ τῶν πλανητῶν καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀπλανεῑς γίνεσθαι συνόδους, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἑωράκαμεν τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν τοῦ Διὸς τῶν ἐν τοῖς διδύδύνοντος μοι ὑπελθόντα τινὶ ἤδη καὶ ἀφανίσαντα, ἀλλ’ οὐ κομήτην γενόμενον. Πάλιν ἐξ ἱστορίας ὅτι μὴ σύνοδος ἀστέρων ἐστὶν ὁ κομήτης ἐλέγχει. παρατετηρηκέναι γὰρ Αἰγυπτίους φησὶ καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἑωρακέναι τῶν πλανήτων τινας συνελθόντας ποτὲ μὲν πλανωμένοις ποτὲ δὲ ἀπλανέσιν, ὡς καὶ ἐπιπροσθεῖν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀφανεῖς ποιῆσαι, καὶ ὅμως κομήτης ἐκ τούτων οὐ γέγονεν· οὐκ ἄρα σύνοδος καὶ σύμφασις ἀστέρων ἐστὶν ὁ κομήτης.

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John Philoponus, in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium, ed. Michael Hayduck. 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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