---
title: Fragments on Celestial Bodies
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Οὐρανίων
author: Diophilus or Diophila
eul_wid: kdc-aa
eul_aid: kdc
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sha256: "1fbcfd58269f20b60da085664f106d8f53ba09f09722a319feb8da7bd8b5046c"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Celestial Bodies

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Οὐρανίων*

**Author:** Diophilus or Diophila

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## Text

### book 391.1

[ln_1]..λλ.[ ]ιδε κεῖνο δι’ ἠέρ[ος] ἐ̣μφανὲς ἄ[σ]τρον ὄμματ’ ἐπιστ[ή]σασα κ(α)τ’ ἀστ[ερ]όεσσαν Ἅμαξ[αν]· τ̣ὴν ἄραπαν.[ ] ἀεὶ κ(α)τ(α)κείμενον [...]η ἐκ̣ταδίη κέχυται

### book 391.2

πολλοὶ δ’ ὡς ἀσ̣τέρε̣ς ἀμφὶ̣ς̣[ln_5]κ̣α̣ὶ θαμέες

### book 391.3

τυπόωσιν ἀτὰρ ..[ ]είδεται ὤμων̣ Παρθένου οὐδὲ Λέοντος ἀπόπροθεν αἰωρεῖται, οὐραν[ί]οιο Λέοντος, ἐπιψαυε[.]...[ [ἰ]ξύος ἀκροτάτ̣η̣ς̣, ἕ̣πεται δέ οἱ ἄγχι Βοώτης Ἄρκτον ἀπο[σ]κοπέων ηοι..εγασχοοπα[

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