# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 1-2

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΣΥΡΟΝ ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Α΄, β΄. Ὅτι καταληπτὴ ἡ δι’ ἀστρονομίας γνῶσις καὶ μέχρι τίνος.. Ancient Greek.

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Ὅτι μὲν τοίνυν διαδίδοται καὶ διικνεῖταί τις δύναμις ἀπὸ τῆς αἰθερώδους καὶ ἀϊδίου φύσεως ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τῆν περίγειον καὶ δι’ ὅλων μεταβλήτην, τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν σελήνην πρώτων στοιχείων πυρὸς καὶ ἀέρος περιεχομένων μὲν καὶ τρεπομένων ὑπὸ τῶν κατὰ τὸν αἰθέρα κινήσεων, περιεχόντων δὲ καὶ συντρεπόντων τὰ λοιπὰ πάντα, γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς φυτὰ καὶ ζῷα, πᾶσιν ἂν ἐναργέστατον καὶ δι’ ὀλίγων φανείη.

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Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), ed. Franz Johannes Boll, Emilie Boer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0363.tlg007.local001/.