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ἐνδεδεμένος (ἀστήρ)
see also:
fixed star
Aristotle METE
ἐνδεδεμένος (ἀστήρ)
Lucretius DRN
Seneca NQ
References for Greek and Latin
Modern Description
written by Susanne M Hoffmann
Fixed stars are "fix" relative to other stars but not to the local horizon of the observer.
In antiquity, they were considered adhered to the celestial sphere and therefore "fixed". Today, we know that they in fact do change the position but the shift is hardly or not observable for the naked eye observer on the timescales of human written history.
Further Remarks
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