Dion, or On Living according to His Own Principles 305–310
Greek text: Krabinger 1.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 305
305Krabinger 1:305
Ἀξΐγεθο; ἔχοντε,, ἢ δ) πρὸς ἑπιετήμην οἰκείωσιν, οἷς μαθύσεω; οὐκ ἐδέησεν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοὶ τέχνῃς ἰγένοντο παραδείγματα. Οἱ δὲ πολλοὶ τῇς μὲν εὐμοιρίας ταύτης οὐχ οὕτως εἰλύχασιν" ἑνίοις δὲ αὐτῶν πολλοῦ γε καὶ ὅ δεῖ" δυνάμει δὲ ὄντες νοῖ, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἧττον, οἱ δὲ μᾶλλον, ἀγχοῦ καὶ πόῤῥω τοῦ τέλους; ὑπὸ τῶν ἑἕνεργείᾳ νῶν ᾽), τῶν ἀποτελεσμάτων τῇς ἐνεργείας αὐτῶν, εἰς τοῦτο προάγονται. Ἰκαὶ ἡ πᾶσα τῶν βιβλίων ραν γμάξεία πρὸς ἕν τοῦτο τείνει" ἑκκαλεῖται τὴν δύναμεν δἰ Α ὑμῶν εἰς ἐνέργειαν. ᾿Ἀρχομένῃ μὲν οὖν, ἀπανταχοῦ δείθσθω τῶν γραμμάτων ποδηγχετούντων, καὶ πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν ἀπερειδέσθω" προϊοῦσα δὲ, ἀποπειράσθω τῇς ἰδίας ἰσχύος, καὶ μὴ πάντα ἐκιρεμαννύσθω τῶν συλλαβῶν" ὦιπερ. γὰρ: ἄλλο τι πρόβλημα ἀγαπα-. ἴδται, τὸ πόριμον ἡμῶν γυμναδούσῃ: τῇς ἀπορίας, οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἐνδεὲς εἰς τὴν ἀκολουθίαν τῇς ἀναγνώσεως ὁ νοῦς προτυφαίνειν ἀναγκαδόμενος, καὶ μὴ πάντα ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς κείμενος,, μελέτην ποιεῖται τοῦ καὶ κατὰ
Axïgetho? echonte,, ē d) pros hepietēmēn oikeiōsin, hois mathyseō? ouk edeēsen, all᾽ autoi technę̄s igenonto paradeigmata. Hoi de polloi tę̄s men eumoirias tautēs ouch houtōs eilychasin" heniois de autōn pollou ge kai ho dei" dynamei de ontes noi, kai hoi men hētton, hoi de mallon, anchou kai porrhō tou telous? hypo tōn heenergeią nōn ᾽), tōn apotelesmatōn tę̄s energeias autōn, eis touto proagontai. Ikai hē pasa tōn bibliōn ran gmaxeia pros hen touto teinei" hekkaleitai tēn dynamen di A hymōn eis energeian. ᾿Archomenę̄ men oun, apantachou deithsthō tōn grammatōn podēnchetountōn, kai pros tēn aisthēsin apereidesthō" proïousa de, apopeirasthō tę̄s idias ischyos, kai mē panta ekiremannysthō tōn syllabōn" ōiper. gar: allo ti problēma agapa-. idtai, to porimon hēmōn gymnadousę̄: tę̄s aporias, houtō kai to endees eis tēn akolouthian tę̄s anagnōseōs ho nous protyphainein anankadomenos, kai mē panta epi tois ophthalmois keimenos,, meletēn poieitai tou kai kata
having greatness, or a natural affinity for knowledge, who needed no learning but themselves became models of an art. Most, however, have not been allotted this good fortune in the same way, and for some it is very far off; but being minds in potency, some less and some more, near to or far from the end, they are brought to it by minds in act — by the results of those minds' activity. The whole business of books tends to this one thing: it calls the potency forth into act. At the beginning, then, it needs letters guiding it everywhere and leans on perception; but as it advances, let it test its own strength and not hang everything on the syllables. For just as any other problem is welcome because the difficulty trains our resourcefulness, so the mind, when compelled to weave in what is missing to follow the sequence of the reading, and not resting wholly on the eyes, practises also on its own
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Summary: Most minds are only potential and are roused by books; the reader should rely less on the letter as he grows and supply gaps himself.
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Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 305 (Krabinger 1:305; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/305). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 306
306Krabinger 1:306
μόνας ἔργον τι θαῤῥῇσαι παραπλήσιον ἅμα δὲ καὶ Β προφεθίξεται, μὴ πρὸς ἄλλοιξ, ἀλλα. ἐντὸς. εἶναι" τὰ γὰρ διημαρτημένα' τάὐτα. βιβλία- τὸν νοῦν ἐπιδητεῖν ἔοικεν, ἐπιτατοῦντα ταῖς; ὄψεσι. Τοῦτο καὶ τοῖς κομιδη) ὅ μειρακίοις ἐπέταττεν ἡ Πυθαγόρου διδαχὴ, ἅμα μὲν αἀποπειρωμένῃ τῇς φύσεως τῇ! ἐκάτου, ἅμα δὲ καὶ προγύμνασμα αὐτὸ ἡγουμένη, παιδικωτέρον, ἔτι τῶν ἐπιπέδων ἰν γεωμετρίᾳ λημμάτων". οὐ γὰρ μέγα. τὸ. ἔργον Ἶ ςοιχεῖον.7, συλλαβὴν, ἔσω δὲ καὶ λέξιν,, εἰ δὲ βούλει, καὶ μίαν ὅλην περίοδον λόγου.) ἁρμόσαντα, πάλιν ἑτοίμως χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἀπὸ, τοῦ βιβλίου. Πάνυςσ δὲ ὅμοιον τοῦτο τῷ συμβαίνοντι κατὰ τοὺς τῶν ἀετῶν μεοττού. Τοὺς ἀετιδεῖς οἱ πατέρες, ἄρτι γενομένους. ἐκπετησίμους, ἄραντες. ὑψοῦ, μεθιᾶσιν, οἷον ἐπιτρέποντες αὐτὸς τοῖς οἰκείοις χρῆσθαι πτεροῖρ᾽ κἄτα αὖθιῤ ἀναλαμβάνουσι προλαμβάνοντε; τῇς ἡλικίας αἰτῶν τὴν ἀσθένειαν" καὶ τοῦτο πολλάκιῤ, ἕως ἂν τὴν πτῆσιν ἐκμελετήσωσιν. ᾿
monas ergon ti tharrhę̄sai paraplēsion hama de kai B prophethixetai, mē pros alloix, alla. entos. einai" ta gar diēmartēmena' tauta. biblia- ton noun epidētein eoiken, epitatounta tais? opsesi. Touto kai tois komidē) ho meirakiois epetatten hē Pythagorou didachē, hama men aapopeirōmenę̄ tę̄s physeōs tę̄! ekatou, hama de kai progymnasma auto hēgoumenē, paidikōteron, eti tōn epipedōn in geōmetrią lēmmatōn". ou gar mega. to. ergon I soicheion.7, syllabēn, esō de kai lexin,, ei de boulei, kai mian holēn periodon logou.) harmosanta, palin hetoimōs chrēsthai tois apo, tou bibliou. Panyss de homoion touto tǭ symbainonti kata tous tōn aetōn meottou. Tous aetideis hoi pateres, arti genomenous. ekpetēsimous, arantes. hypsou, methiasin, hoion epitrepontes autos tois oikeiois chrēsthai pteroir᾽ kata authir analambanousi prolambanonte? tę̄s hēlikias aitōn tēn astheneian" kai touto pollakir, heōs an tēn ptēsin ekmeletēsōsin. ᾿
to dare some work of the same kind; and at the same time it grows used to being not turned toward others but within. For faulty books seem to seek out the mind, setting it over the eyes. This the Pythagorean teaching enjoined even on very young boys, at once testing each one's nature and regarding it as a preliminary exercise more childish still than the plane lemmas of geometry; for it is no great task, having fitted in a letter, a syllable, a word, or, if you like, a whole period, to go on readily using what comes from the book. This is very like what happens with the young of eagles. The parents lift the eaglets, just fledged, high into the air and let them go, as though permitting them to use their own wings; then they take them up again, anticipating the weakness of their age; and they do this often, until the young have mastered flight.
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Summary: Supplying what is missing in faulty books trains the mind, as eagles teach their young to fly by letting them go and catching them.
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 306 (Krabinger 1:306; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/306). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 307
307Krabinger 1:307
᾿Εγὼ τοίνυν" πρὸς μὲν γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδένα νεανιεύσομιαι, πρὸς σὲ ἢ δὲ τάγε ἀληθῆ" πολλάκι, οὐδὲ περιμένειν ἀξιῶ τοῦ βιβλίου τὴν συμφορᾶν, ἵν᾽ ἀγα- Ὦ θόν᾽ τί μοι γένηται, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὸς ὁ) ἀνέχω τοὺς ὀφθαλ.μού, καὶ τῷ συγγραφεῖ δ) προιγυμνάδομαι, μηδ᾽ ἀκαρῇ διαλιπὼν, ἀλλ’ ἐφιεὶς τῷ καιρῷ, καὶ εἴρων ἢ. ὥςπερ ἑξῆς ἀναγεάσκων ἀπὸ τῇς διανοίας, ὃ τι μοι δοκεῖ τὸ ἀκόλουθον εἶναι, κάτα ἐξετάδω πρὸς τὰ γεγραμμές να τὰ" λελεγμένα. αὶ πολλάκις; μὲν οἷδα τυχὼν Ἰοτοῦ αὐτοῦ "μὲν νοῦ, τῇς αὐτῇς δὲ "καὶ λέξεως" ἤδη δὲ ποῖε τοῦ μὲν ἐνθυμήματος; εὔστοχος γέγονα, ὅ τι δὲ καὶ πὰραλλάττοι τῇς λέξεως, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι μάλιτα εἴκαςο πρὸς τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῷ συγγράμματος: Ἐἰΐ δὲ καὶ ὁ νοῦς ὅΣ
᾿Egō toinyn" pros men gar allon oudena neanieusomiai, pros se ē de tage alēthē" pollaki, oude perimenein axiō tou bibliou tēn symphoran, hin᾽ aga- Ō thon᾽ ti moi genētai, all᾽ autos ho) anechō tous ophthal.mou, kai tǭ syngraphei d) proigymnadomai, mēd᾽ akarę̄ dialipōn, all’ ephieis tǭ kairǭ, kai eirōn ē. hōsper hexēs anageaskōn apo tę̄s dianoias, ho ti moi dokei to akolouthon einai, kata exetadō pros ta gegrammes na ta" lelegmena. ai pollakis? men hoida tychōn Iotou autou "men nou, tę̄s autę̄s de "kai lexeōs" ēdē de poie tou men enthymēmatos? eustochos gegona, ho ti de kai parallattoi tę̄s lexeōs, all᾽ hoti malita eikaso pros tēn harmonian tǭ syngrammatos: Eiï de kai ho nous hoS
As for me — for I will not boast to anyone else, but to you I will tell the truth — often I do not think fit even to wait for what follows in the book in order to gain some good, but I raise my eyes myself and compete in advance with the author, not pausing for a moment but giving myself to the occasion, and say, as though reading straight on from my own mind, what seems to me to follow; and then I check it against what is written. Often, I know, I have hit on the same thought and the same diction too; and sometimes I have been on target with the argument, and where I departed in diction, it came as close as possible to the harmony of the writing. And if the thought
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Summary: Synesius often anticipates what an author will say next and finds he has matched the thought and even the words.
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Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 307 (Krabinger 1:307; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/307). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 308
308Krabinger 1:308
ἕτερος, ἀλλὰ πρίπων γε.) ἐκείνῳ τἀνδρὶ τῷ τὸ βιβλίον ποιήσαντι, καὶ ὃν ᾽ οὐκ ἀπηξίωσεν, εἰ ἐνεθυμήθη" ἠδ᾽ δὲ ποτε οἶδα, περικαθημένων ἀνθρώπων ἐτύγχανον μὲν τῶν εὐγενῶν ") καὶ τασίμων τι συγγραμμάτων ἔχων ἐν ταῖν χεροῖν, δεομένων δὲ ἀναγινώσκειν εἰς κοινὴν ἀκοὴν ἐποίουν οὕτωρ᾽" εἰ δέ ποτε παρείκοι ᾽, προρεξεῦρον ἂν τι καὶ προτηρμήνευσα" οὐ μὰ τόν! λόγιον οὐκ ἐπιτηδεύσας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπελθὸν οὕτως συνεχώρησα τῇ γνώμῃ τε καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ. αὶ δῆτα θόρυβος ἤρθη πολύς, καὶ πρότος ἐῤῥάγη τὸν ἄνδρα ἐπαινούντων ἐκεῖνον, ὅτου τὸ σύγγραμμα ἦν, ἐπ᾽ αὐταῖς Β οὐχ ἤκιτα ταῖς προιθήύκαι. Οὕτω μοε τὴν ψυχὴν σ θεὸς ἁπαλὸν ἐκμαγεῖον ἐποίησε τῶν ἐν λέξεσί τε καὶ ἤθεσι χαρακτήρων" εἰ δὲ καὶ τῷ τοῖς ἀδιοορθώτοις τῶν βιβλίων ἐγγεγυμνάσθαι 3.) τὴν προοχὴν ἐπέτεινον,.
heteros, alla pripōn ge.) ekeinǭ tandri tǭ to biblion poiēsanti, kai hon ᾽ ouk apēxiōsen, ei enethymēthē" ēd᾽ de pote oida, perikathēmenōn anthrōpōn etynchanon men tōn eugenōn ") kai tasimōn ti syngrammatōn echōn en tain cheroin, deomenōn de anaginōskein eis koinēn akoēn epoioun houtōr᾽" ei de pote pareikoi ᾽, prorexeuron an ti kai protērmēneusa" ou ma ton! logion ouk epitēdeusas, all᾽ epelthon houtōs synechōrēsa tę̄ gnōmę̄ te kai tę̄ glōttę̄. ai dēta thorybos ērthē polys, kai protos errhagē ton andra epainountōn ekeinon, hotou to syngramma ēn, ep᾽ autais B ouch ēkita tais proithēukai. Houtō moe tēn psychēn s theos hapalon ekmageion epoiēse tōn en lexesi te kai ēthesi charaktērōn" ei de kai tǭ tois adioorthōtois tōn bibliōn engegymnasthai 3.) tēn proochēn epeteinon,.
was different, it was still worthy of the man who made the book, and one he would not have disdained had he thought of it. Once, I remember, when people were sitting round me, I happened to have in my hands one of the noble and established writings, and when they asked me to read it aloud for all to hear, I did so; and whenever there was a gap, I supplied something and interpreted further — not, by the god of speech, by design; it simply came, and I gave way to my mind and my tongue. And indeed a great uproar arose, and applause broke out from those praising the man whose writing it was, not least for the additions themselves. So God made my soul a soft impression of the characters of style and manners; and if, by having trained on uncorrected books, I sharpened my attention,
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Summary: Reading aloud, Synesius once filled gaps so well that the audience applauded the author for his additions.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR: Krabinger's apparatus leaked into the text): 8εᾳ. καὶ [,δυτ. Μίοη. ΒΌ. εἰ ᾿ Αἰ θοαν οταΐα πὶ. Τάτ παραλ- 16. παρήκοι Ῥατ. Α. παρείκοι λάττει ποτὶ δὶς ΙΝῖοτο. Β. Νῖοχ ἃ Ρζῖ: τι. Υ͂Ι μά. εἰ Νίεοται. φαοἄλλὸ τι Ῥατ. Δ. Πυεΐη τοῦτο συγ- τον Βἷο ἐπ τοβ. συγχωροίῃ, ἐνἥ ἐδοίῃ. χράμιμπομδάοι, ' ΡΣ ΝοΣ. ΑΒΌΕ. εἰ Πεμά. → .
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 308 (Krabinger 1:308; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/308). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 309
309Krabinger 1:309
εἷς τοῦτο ἂν τὴν ἕξιν προήγαγεν ἡ φύσις πειρωμένῳ. Ἰοὺς ἐξηυλημένους τὰ ὦτα παραπέμπει τις ἠχὼ καὶ σπεπαυμένου τοῦ μἴλουι, καὶ μένουσι χρόνον ὑπόσυχνον τοῖς αὐλήμασι κατακώχιμοι 33. ᾿Εγὼ δὴ θαμὰ καὶ ὅ τραγῳδίαις ἐπετραγῴδησα καὶ κωμῳδίαις ἐπιτωμύλλο-Ο μαι πρὸς τὸν πόνον ἑκάξου τοῦ γράψαντο:. Εἴποι. " ἄν ἡλικιώτην εἶναι νῦν μὲν Ἐρατίνου καὶ Ἡράτητος, νῦν δὲ “ιφίλου τε καὶ Φιλήμονος, καὶ δύδ᾽ ἕξιν
heis touto an tēn hexin proēgagen hē physis peirōmenǭ. Ious exēulēmenous ta ōta parapempei tis ēchō kai spepaumenou tou miloui, kai menousi chronon hyposychnon tois aulēmasi katakōchimoi 33. ᾿Egō dē thama kai ho tragǭdiais epetragǭdēsa kai kōmǭdiais epitōmyllo-O mai pros ton ponon hekaxou tou grapsanto:. Eipoi. " an hēlikiōtēn einai nyn men Eratinou kai Hēratētos, nyn de “iphilou te kai Philēmonos, kai dyd᾽ hexin
nature would bring the habit to this point in one who makes the trial. For those whose ears are filled with piping, an echo follows them even when the tune has stopped, and they remain held by the music for a good while. So I have often added tragedy to tragedies and chatter to comedies in the vein of each writer. One would say I was now the contemporary of Cratinus and Crates, now of Diphilus and Philemon; and
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Summary: Steeped in reading, Synesius can continue tragedies and comedies in each author's own manner.
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- Digital text corrected (OCR: Krabinger's apparatus leaked into the text): Β. Βεμά. Μεοσίω. --- ὠδιορθότοις Ιδυτ, Μοπ. ἈΒΟΌ. το. γίπά, Ρασ. Β. εἰ Νοη. ΒΏ. Τυΐιν ἐγγε- πειρώμενος. Ῥατ. Ὦ. πειρώμενον. γυμνᾶσθαι ς. ἙάΔά. Τυτη. Νοτε!!. Ῥοθὶ Ὦ. ν. ρυποῖο ἀϊειϊα ρα οηάυταε εἰ Ῥείαν. 1. Οοάεχ Βασ. Β. δ- εθ80 ἴδια σποπυΐὶ Ῥεϊδνίυ; πδπὶ Φρεχὶι Νοβιεσ, πὶ ἔδιϊοσ, Ρίαέ. ἘΔ. Τυτγπ, εἰ ἢ. 1. οὲ ροεῖ ὦτα Ῥῃδεάν. ρ. 228. ΒΕ. διδιΐπι δεσω, οουηπιαῖα ροπὶϊ. Νυροῦ οουἀπέτεινον, ἴῃ τοξ. γρ. ἐπέτεινον. ἰεοίωτα 5δοτί ρεῖϊ Ἐπιρεγίιι ὦτπερ Ῥατσιϊευϊδτα ὧν, 4186 ναϊᾳ. εἰ ἴα οἶμαι (νυβο ὧὠΓ πειρωμένῳ) ΄ τὲ, Ῥετίθιε Οοάὰ. ἀοεεὶ, τοοορίπιυς ἐξηγυλ. δεὰ ὡς πειρ. πυβαυδπι 16- « Νίοη. Ο. Μίετο. Β. εἰ Βε]ιά. ρίϊυτ, ΤΠ οϊεῖο ἂν ἰα Νίασο. Α. βυρεῖ- → .
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 309 (Krabinger 1:309; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/309). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 310
310Krabinger 1:310
αίρομαι καὶ ἐπεξάγω τὴν πεῖραν. καὶ ὅλα συγγράμεματα πρὸς ὅλα ποιῶν, καὶ τεμαχίοις παραβαλλόμενος" παντοδαπῶν τε ὄντων τῶν λεκτικῶν χαρακτήρων καὶ ὅ πλεῖστον διαφερόντων ἐν ἑκάξῃ τῶν, μιμήσεων προς- Ὁ ηχεῖν ἀνάγκῃ καὶ τοὐμὸν ἴδιον, ὠιπερ αὶ ὑπάτῃ χορδὴ τὸν ῥυθμὸν, αὐτῇ μένουσα, παραβομβεῖ κινουμένῳ τῷ μέλει. '
airomai kai epexagō tēn peiran. kai hola syngramemata pros hola poiōn, kai temachiois paraballomenos" pantodapōn te ontōn tōn lektikōn charaktērōn kai ho pleiston diapherontōn en hekaxę̄ tōn, mimēseōn pros- Ho ēchein anankę̄ kai toumon idion, ōiper ai hypatę̄ chordē ton rhythmon, autę̄ menousa, parabombei kinoumenǭ tǭ melei. '
I am elated and push the trial further, setting whole writings against whole writings and comparing myself in passages; and since the characters of style are of every kind and very different, in each of my imitations my own peculiar note must sound along too, just as the lowest string, itself staying still, hums the rhythm alongside the moving melody.
Notes and citation
Summary: In all his imitations Synesius's own voice sounds through, like a drone string beneath a melody.
Cite (SBL): Synesius, Dion 310 (Krabinger 1:310; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/synesius-dion/310). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of a re-OCR of Krabinger's edition (Landshut, 1850; corrections logged). No public-domain English translation was available, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.