# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 40

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Β΄, γ΄. Περὶ τῆς τῶν χωρῶν πρὸς τὰ τρίγωνα καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀστέρας συνοικειώσεως.. Ancient Greek.

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καὶ τούτων δὲ πάλιν οί μὲν περὶ τὴν Βιθυνίαν καὶ Φρυγίαν καὶ Κολχικὴν συνοικειοῦνται μᾶλλον τῷ τε Καρκίνῳ καὶ τῇ σελήνῃ. διόπερ οί μὲν ἄνδρες ὡς ἐπίπαν εἰσὶν εὐλαβεῖς καὶ ὑποτακτικοί, τῶν δὲ γυναικῶν αἱ πλεῖσται διὰ τὸ τῆς σελήνης ἀνατολικὸν καὶ ἠρρενωμένον σχῆμα ἔπανδροι καὶ ἀρχικαὶ καὶ πολεμικαὶ καθάπερ αἱ Ἀμαζόνες, φεύγουσαι μὲν τὰς τῶν ἀνδρῶν συνουσίας, φίλοπλοι δὲ οὖσαι καὶ ἀρρενοποιοῦσαι τὰ θηλυκὰ πάντα ἀπὸ βρέφους ἀποκοπῇ τῶν c δεξιῶν μαστῶν χάριν τῶν στρατιωτικῶν χρειῶν καὶ ἀπογυμνοῦσαι ταῦτα τὰ μέρη κατὰ τὰς παρατάξεις πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν ἀθηλύντου τῆς φύσεως.

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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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