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‘ πολὺ σκιᾶς: ἐμβάλλον ὥσπερ εἰς πέλαγος οὐράνιον
οὐ σταθεροῦ φωτὸς οὐδ᾽ ἠρεμοῦντος ἀλλὰ μυρίοις
ἄστροις ἐλαυνομένου μίξεις τε παντοδαπὰς καὶ
μεταβολὰς λαμβάνοντος, ἄλλην ἄλλοτε χρόαν ἐκματτόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς σελήνης ἐνταῦθ᾽ ἀποδίδωσιν; ἄστρον. μὲν γὰρ ἢ πῦρ οὐκ ἂν ἐν σκιᾷ διαφανείη μέλαν ἢ γλαυκὸν ἢ κυανοειδές: ὄρεσι δὲ καὶ πεδίοις
καὶ θαλάσσαις πολλαὶ μὲν ἀφ᾽ ἡλίου μορφαὶ χρωμάτων
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