THE PARALLEL BETWEEN MICRO- AND MACROCOSM AS A KEY TO THE INTERPRETATION OF σκάφαι IN HERACLITUS
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THE PARALLEL BETWEEN MICRO- AND MACROCOSM AS A KEY TO THE INTERPRETATION OF σκάφαι IN HERACLITUS
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The paper presents an interpretation of a passage from Diogenes Laertius in which he tells that Heraclitus called the sun, the moon and the stars σκάφαι (bowls). These bowls accumulate evaporations (ἀναθυμιάσεις), which causes alternation of day and night and sequence of seasons.

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Heraclitus, Herodotus, Aristotle, microcosm, macrocosm, altars, σκάφαι, soul, meteorology
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01.10.2012
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