[sc. The sun is called h(/lios] from being gathered together [a)olli/zesqai] in the daytime. And at Athens there was a lawcourt [called] Heliaia, from the gathering of men.[1] But the sun [is called h(/lios] from warming [a)leai/nein] which means heating and dispersing. But some say [it is so called] from the breath coming from the mouth to the fingers, which is called blowing [au)/ein] and sighing [a)/zein][2] by imitation of the sound of the heating of the mouth. Empedocles [writes]: "it travels around to leap [over] the great heaven."[3]