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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 38

Section 621 of 757

Canonical reference 5.38

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

δορυφορεῖσθαι δὲ ἀστέρας λέγουσιν, . ὅταν μέσοι ὦσιν ἄλλων ἀστέρων ἐν συνεχείᾳ ζῳδίων οἷον ἐὰν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ζῳδίου ὅς μέν τις ἀστὴρ τὰς πρώτας ἐπέχῃ μοίρας ὅς δὲ τὰς τελευταίας ὅς δὲ τὰς ἐν μέσῳ, δορυφορεῖσθαι λέγεται ὁ ἐν μέσῳ ὑπὸ τῶν τὰς ἐπʼ ἄκροις ἐπεχόντων μοίρας.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

They say that stars are attended by bodyguards when they stand between other stars in a continuous sequence of signs. For example, if in the same sign one star occupies the first degrees, another the last, and another those in the middle, the one in the middle is said to be attended by the stars occupying the extreme degrees.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Ils disent qu’un astre est escorté lorsqu’il se trouve au milieu d’autres astres dans une succession de signes. Par exemple, si, dans le même signe, un astre occupe les premiers degrés, un autre les derniers et un autre ceux du milieu, l’astre central est dit escorté par ceux qui occupent les degrés extrêmes.

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