# Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos) 6-8

Claudius Ptolemaeus, Apotelesmatica (= Tetrabiblos), ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Β΄, θ’. Περὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἀποτελέσματος ποιότητος.. Ancient Greek.

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τῶν δὲ ἀλόγων ζῴων περὶ τὰ εὔχρηστα ὡς ἐπίπαν σπάνιν τε καὶ τῶν ὄντων φθορὰς σωματικὰς καὶ νοσοποιούς, ἀφ’ ὧν καὶ οἱ χρησάμενοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων συνδιατιθέμενοι διαφθείρονται· περὶ δὲ τὴν τοῦ ἀέρος κατάστασιν ψύχη φοβερὰ παγώδη καὶ ὁμιχλώδη καὶ λοιμικὰ δυσαερίας τε καὶ συννεφείας καὶ ζόφους, ἔτι δὲ νιφετῶν πλῆθος οὐκ ἀγαθῶν ἀλλὰ φθοροποιῶν, ἀφ’ ὧν τὰ κακοῦντα τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν τῶν ἑρπετῶν συγκρίνεται· περὶ δὲ ποταμοὺς ἢ·

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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/.