---
title: Fragments on Celestial Bodies
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Οὐρανίων
author: Diophilus or Diophila
eul_wid: kdc-aa
eul_aid: kdc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/diophilus-celestial-bodies-kdc-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Celestial Bodies

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Οὐρανίων*

**Author:** Diophilus or Diophila

**eul_wid:** `kdc-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/diophilus-celestial-bodies-kdc-aa)

## Text

### book 391.1

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

### book 391.2

πολλοὶ δ’ ὡς ἀστέρες ἀμφὶς[ln_5]καὶ θαμέες

### book 391.3

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

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