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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 8
Section 8 of 791
Canonical reference 9.8
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ὁ μὲν ῾Ησίοδος λέγων (theog. 116) ἤτοι μὲν πρώτιστα χάος γένετ᾿, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα γαῖ᾿ εὐρύστερνος, πάντων ἕδος ἀσφαλὲς αἰεί, ἠδ᾿ ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσιν,
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Hesiod says (Theogony 116): “First of all Chaos came to be, and then broad-breasted Earth, the ever-secure seat of all, and Love, who is fairest among the immortal gods.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Hésiode dit en effet (Théogonie, 116) :
« Tout d’abord naquit Chaos, puis ensuite
Gaïa au large sein, assise à jamais sûre de tous,
et Éros, le plus beau parmi les dieux immortels. »
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