# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 4-18

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), BIBAION Γ΄, β΄. Περὶ σπορᾶς καὶ ἐκτροπῆς.. Ancient Greek.

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ὅ τε σωματώδης σχηματισμός, κἂν μηδὲν αὐτῷ δοκῇ κατὰ τὴν ἔκτεξιν περιέχον εἰς τὸ τοιῷδε εἶναι συμβάλλεσθαι, αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ κατὰ τὸν οἰκεῖον τοῦ περιέχοντος σχηματισμὸν εἰς φῶς ἐλθεῖν συμβάλλεται, τῆς φύσεως μετὰ τὴν τελείωσιν πρὸς τὸ ὁμοιότυπον κατάστημα τῷ κατ’ ἀρχὰς διαμορφώσαντι μερικῶς τὴν ὁρμὴν τῆς ἐξόδου ποιουμένης, ὥστε εὐλόγως καὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἡγεῖσθαι δηλωτικὸν εἶναι τὸν κατὰ τὴν ἐκτροπὴν τῶν ἀστέρων σχηματισμόν, οὐχ ὡς ποιητικὸν μέντοι πάντως, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐξ ἀνάγκης κατὰ φύσιν ὁμοιότατον δυνάμει τῷ

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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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