§9.16.1τοιοῦτοι πάντες.
Such are they all.
ᾗ καὶ τὸν ποιητὴν ἄν τις ἐπαινέσειε, διότι παρεισάγει τὸν Ὀδυσσέα, τὸν ἡγεμονικώτατον ἄνδρα, τεκμαιρόμενον ἐκ τῶν ἄστρων οὐ μόνον τὰ κατὰ τοὺς πλοῦς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ περὶ τὰς ἐν τῇ γῇ πράξεις.
Wherefore one might also praise the poet for introducing Odysseus, the most leading man, as inferring from the stars not only what concerned his voyages, but also his actions on land.
§9.16.2ἱκανὰ γὰρ καὶ τὰ παρὰ δόξαν γινόμενα μὴ δυνάμενα τυγχάνειν προνοίας ἀκριβοῦς εἰς τὸ πολλὴν ἀπορίαν παρασκευάζειν καὶ πολλάκις, §9.16.3οἷον ὄμβρων καὶ ποταμῶν ἐπιφοραὶ καὶ πάγων ὑπερβολαὶ καὶ χιόνες, ἔτι δʼ ὁ καπνώδης καὶ συννεφὴς ἀὴρ καὶ τἄλλα τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοις.
For even those events which happen contrary to expectation and which cannot be precisely foreseen are sufficient to cause great difficulty, and that frequently; as, for example, downpours of rain and torrents of rivers, excessive frosts and snows, and further a misty and cloudy atmosphere, and other things similar to these.
§9.16.4εἰ δὲ καὶ περὶ ὧν δυνατόν ἐστι προϊδέσθαι, καὶ τούτων ὀλιγωρήσομεν, πῶς οὐκ εἰκότως ἐν τοῖς πλείστοις ἀποτευξόμεθα διʼ αὑτούς;
But if, even regarding those matters which it is possible to foresee, we are negligent of them, how is it not natural that we should fail through our own fault in most of our undertakings?
§9.16.5διόπερ οὐκ ἀφροντιστητέον οὐδενὸς τῶν προειρημένων, ἵνα μὴ τοιούτοις ἀλογήμασι περιπίπτωμεν οἵοις φασὶ περιπεσεῖν ἑτέρους τε πλείους καὶ τοὺς νῦν ὑφʼ ἡμῶν λέγεσθαι μέλλοντας ὑποδείγματος χάριν.
Therefore, we must not be careless of any of the aforementioned things, so that we may not fall into such errors of calculation as they say many others have fallen into, and those who are now about to be mentioned by us for the sake of example.