Κύμα
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
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Κῡμα
1 Cumae in Italy. ταί θ' ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι Σικελία τ αὐτοῦ πιέζει στέρνα λαχνάεντα (sc. Τυφῶνος) (P. 1.18) ὁ Φοίνιξ ὁ Τυρσανῶν τ' ἀλαλατὸς ναυσίστονον ὕβριν ἰδὼν τὰν πρὸ Κύμας (a reference to the battle, in which Hiero defeated the Carthaginian and Etruscan fleet at sea 474/3 B. C.) (P. 1.72)
English (Slater)
Κῡμα
1 Cumae in Italy. ταί θ' ὑπὲρ Κύμας ἁλιερκέες ὄχθαι Σικελία τ αὐτοῦ πιέζει στέρνα λαχνάεντα (sc. Τυφῶνος) (P. 1.18) ὁ Φοίνιξ ὁ Τυρσανῶν τ' ἀλαλατὸς ναυσίστονον ὕβριν ἰδὼν τὰν πρὸ Κύμας (a reference to the battle, in which Hiero defeated the Carthaginian and Etruscan fleet at sea 474/3 B. C.) (P. 1.72)
