A fragment of Sudines (1)

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The seven planets in this fragment are associated with the four basic Aristotelic elements of cosmos.

P.Gen. Inv. 203:
On the five planets, the Sun and the Moon.
Their movement, and whence? On the seventh body lies the Moon, on the sixth the Sun, on the fifth some other of the stars: and from these we can show to you many substances, in order to know the differences, as well as distinctions of their powers: the Sun is warming, the Moon is moistening, the Mercury stirs up the winds, the Mars makes dry. And again: the Saturn is the annihilator of the elder, the Jupiter of men, the Mars of young and Venus of women, as Sudines says.

Source (list of abbreviations)
P.Gen. Inv. 203

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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