The temperate planet Jupiter, between Mars and Saturn. In Canto XVIII 68, Dante calls it “the temperate star”; and in the Convito , II 14, quoting the opinion of Ptolemy:—
“Jupiter is a star of a temperate complexion, midway between the coldness of Saturn and the heat of Mars.”
“Jupiter is a star of a temperate complexion, midway between the coldness of Saturn and the heat of Mars.”
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Bryant, “Song of the Stars”:—