Note 122 — ON THE CAVE OF THE NYMPHS, IN THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF THE ODYSSEY.
Thomas Taylor translation
In the original, τους τε Αιγυπτιους δια τουτο τους δαιμονας απαντας ουχ εσταναι επι στερεου, αλλα παντας επι πλοιου, και τον ηλιον, και απλως παντας, ους τινας ειδεναι χρη τας ψυχας επιποτωμενας τῳ υγρῳ, τας εις γενεσιν κατιουσας. But after the words και απλως παντας, it appears to me to be requisite to insert τους πλανητας. For Martianus Capella, in lib. ii. De Nuptiis Philologiæ, speaking of the sun, says: “Ibi quandam navim, totius naturæ cursibus diversa cupiditate moderantem, cunctaque flammarum congestione plenissimam, beatis circumactam mercibus conspicatur. Cui nautæ septem germani, tamen suique consimiles præsidebant,” &c. For in this passage the seven sailors are evidently the seven planets.