NH 2.12
Chiara Palladino / Pliny, Naturalis Historia
- Created on 2022-03-11 12:08:39
- Translated by H. Rackam, 1952
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
Latin
English
inter hanc caelumque eodem spiritu pendent certis discreta spatiis septem sidera , quae ab incessu vocamus errantia , cum errent nulla minus illis . eorum medius sol fertur , amplissima magnitudine ac potestate nec temporum modo terrarumque , sed siderum etiam ipsorum caelique rector .
Upheld
by
the
same
vapour
between
earth
and
heaven
,
at
definite
spaces
apart
,
hang
the
seven
stars
which
owing
to
their
motion
we
call
'
planets
,
'
although
no
stars
wander
less
than
they
do
.
In
the
midst
of
these
moves
the
sun
,
whose
magnitude
and
power
are
the
greatest
,
and
who
is
the
ruler
not
only
of
the
seasons
and
of
the
lands
;
but
even
of
the
stars
themselves
and
of
the
heaven
.