# Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem 114

Epicurus, Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem, Section 114. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/epistula-secunda-ad-pythoclem/114

Τινὰ ἄστρα ὑπολειπόμενά τινων θεωρεῖσθαι συμβαίνει καὶ παρὰ τὸ βραδύτερον συμπεριφέρεσθαι τὸν αὐτὸν κύκλον περιόντα, καὶ παρὰ τὸ τὴν ἐναντίαν κινεῖσθαι ἀντισπώμενα ὑπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς δίνης, καὶ παρὰ τὸ περιφέρεσθαι τὰ μὲν διὰ πλείονος τόπου, τὰ δὲ δι’ ἐλάττονος, τὴν αὐτὴν δῖναν περικυκλοῦντα. τὸ δὲ ἀπλῶς ἀποφαίνεσθαι περὶ τούτων καθῆκόν ἐστι τοῖς τερατεύεσθαί τι πρὸς τοὺς πολλοὺς βουλομένοις. Οἱ λεγόμενοι ἀστέρες ἐκπίπτειν (καὶ) παρὰ μέρος (καὶ παρὰ τρῖψιν† ἑαυτῶν) δύνανται συντελεῖσθαι (καὶ παρὰ ἔκπτωσιν οὗ ἂν ἡ ἐκπνευμάτωσις γένηται), καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀστραπῶν ἐλέγομεν·

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Epicurus, Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem, ed. Peter von der Mühll. 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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