# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 12-9

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), BIBAION Γ΄, ιβ΄. Περὶ μορφῆς καὶ κράσεως σωματικῆς.. Ancient Greek.

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κατὰ μέρος δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀνθρωποειδῆ τῶν ζῳδίων τῶν τε ἐν τῷ ζῳδιακῷ καὶ τῶν ἐκτὸς εὔρυθμα καὶ σύμμετρα τοῖς σχήμασι τὰ σώματα κατασκευάζει, τὰ δὲ ἑτερόμορφα μετασχηματίζει πρὸς τὸ τῆς ἰδίας μορφώσεως οἰκεῖον τὰς τοῦ σώματος συμμετρίας καὶ κατά τινα λόγον ἀφομοιοῖ τὰ οἰκεῖα μέρη τοῖς ἑαυτῶν ἤτοι ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον καὶ ἔλαττον ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ ἰσχυρότερον καὶ ἀσθενέστερον ἢ ἐπὶ τὸ εὐρυθμότερον καὶ ἀρρυθμότερον, τὸ μεῖζον μέν,

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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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