Proclus: On the Sphere; Cleomedes: On the World; Aratus: Phenomena

—in their mind, as if to a promise of no small matter. Furthermore, he set forth the summary scope of the whole book in this way. And with the phrase, "the indiscriminate tribes of men," he invoked and drew in sympathy, as if to obtain forgiveness should his speech appear weak regarding the account of so many and such indiscriminate peoples. This present poem possesses great clarity, and especially distinctness, as was stated before, not only through repetitions as we have said, and frequent completions, but also through dense parenthetical remarks. For where Dionysius sets forth modes of instruction in many places for the sake of clarity, he states in advance that he will clearly set forth the didactic material. In many places he calls upon the listener to pay attention, lest he who is waking up think that he is describing this in a confused manner. This little book also possesses great beauty, and this small body of poetry lacks none of the many poetic virtues. If it has any very slight faults, like a beautiful body that has a few pimples not obvious to the many, or lichen grown upon it, and not in an opportune place, from which the—