(26)
And he abideth ever in the selfsame place, moving not at all; nor doth it befit him to go about now hither now thither. R. P. 110 a.
(27)
All things come from the earth, and in earth all things end. R. P. 103 a.
(28)
This limit of the earth above is seen at our feet in contact with the air;[1] below it reaches down without a limit. R. P. 103.
(29)
All things are earth and water that come into being and grow. R. P. 103.
(30)
The sea is the source of water and the source of wind; for neither in the clouds (would there be any blasts of wind blowing forth) from within without the mighty sea, nor rivers' streams nor rain-water from the sky. The mighty sea is father of clouds and of winds and of rivers.[2] R. P. 103.
(31)
The sun swinging over[3] the earth and warming it. . . .
(32)
She that they call Iris is a cloud likewise, purple, scarlet and green to behold. R. P. 103.
(33)
For we all are born of earth and water. R. P. ib.
- ↑ Reading ἠέρι for καὶ ῥεῖ with Diels.
- ↑ This fragment has been recovered from the Geneva scholia on Homer (see Arch. iv. p. 652). The words in brackets are added by Diels.
- ↑ The word is ὑπεριέμενος. This is quoted from the Allegories as an explanation of the name Hyperion, and doubtless Xenophanes so meant it.
