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title: Scholia-Aratus
title_greek: Σχόλια εἰς Ἄρατον
author: Aratus Scholia
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eul_aid: ngq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-scholia-text-ngq-af"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Grammar
format: Prose
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# Scholia-Aratus

*Σχόλια εἰς Ἄρατον*

**Author:** Aratus Scholia

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## Text

### 1

SCHOL PARIS 2728 〈Ζ〉ητεῖται, διὰ τί ἐκ τοῦ Διὸς ἤρξατο, καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν Μου σῶν, ὡς Ὅμηρος. οἰκειότερον ἡγήσατο ἀρχὴν τῶν Φαινομένων ποιήσασθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ Διός, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τῶν Μουσῶν ἀρχηγέτης αὐτός ἐστιν. οὐ φαίνεται δὲ Ἄρατος μόνος οὕτως ἦρχθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ Κράτης ὁ κωμικὸς (fr 52 K.) εἰπὼν ‘ἐξ Ἑστίας ἀρχόμενος εὔχομαι θεοῖσ‘ καὶ Σώφρων (fr 51 Botzon) ‘ἐξ Ἑστίας ἀρχόμενος καλῶ Δία πάντων ἀρχηγέτη〈ν〉‘.

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