[sc. The sun is called
h(/lios] from being gathered together [
a)olli/zesqai] in the daytime. And at
Athens there was a lawcourt [called] Heliaia, from the gathering of men.[1] But the sun [is called
h(/lios] from warming [
a)leai/nein] which means heating and dispersing. But some say [it is so called] from the breath coming from the mouth to the fingers, which is called blowing [
au)/ein] and sighing [
a)/zein][2] by imitation of the sound of the heating of the mouth.
Empedocles [writes]: "it travels around to leap [over] the great heaven."[3]
*(/hlios: a)po\ tou= a)olli/zesqai e)n tai=s h(me/rais. kai\ e)n *)aqh/nais de\ dikasth/rion h)=n *(hliai/a, a)po\ th=s sunagwgh=s tw=n a)nqrw/pwn. o( de\ h(/lios a)po\ tou= a)leai/nein, o(/ e)sti qermai/nein kai\ diaxei=n. tine\s de\ a)po\ th=s ginome/nhs diapneu/sews e)k tou= sto/matos pro\s tou\s daktu/lous, o(\ le/getai au)/ein kai\ a)/cein kata\ mi/mhsin th=s fwnh=s th=s qa/lyews tou= sto/matos. *)empedoklh=s: a(lei=sqai me/gan ou)rano\n a)mfipoleu/ei.
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