# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 1-48

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), BIBAION Γ΄, ι΄. Περὶ ἀτρόφων.. Ancient Greek.

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Λοιποῦ δὲ ὄντος εἰς τὰ κατ’ αὐτὴν τὴν γένεσιν τοῦ περὶ ἀτρόφων λόγου προσήκει διαλαβεῖν, ὅτι πῇ μὲν ὁ τρόπος οὗτος ἔχεται τοῦ περὶ χρόνων ζωῆς λόγου, ἐπειδὴ τὸ ζητούμενον εἶδος οὐκ ἀλλότριον ἑκατέρου, πῇ δὲ κεχώρισται παρὰ τὸ κατ’ αὐτὴν τὴν τῆς ἐπισκέψεως δύναμιν διαφέρειν πως. 6 μὲν γὰρ περὶ χρόνων ζωῆς ἐπὶ τῶν ὅλως ἐχόντων χρόνους αἰσθητοὺς θεωρεῖται, τουτέστι μὴ ἐλάττονας ἡλιακῆς περιόδου μιᾶς· χρόνος γὰρ ἰδίως ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐνιαυτὸς καταλαμβάνεται, δυνάμει δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐλάττων τούτου, μῆνές εἰσι καὶ ἡμέραι καὶ ὧραι· 6 δὲ·

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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.
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