# Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem 92

Epicurus, Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem, Section 92. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/epistula-secunda-ad-pythoclem/92

Ἀνατολὰς καὶ δύσεις ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἄστρων καὶ κατὰ ἄναψιν γίνεσθαι δυνατὸν καὶ κατὰ σβέσιν, τοιαύτης οὔσης περιστάσεως (καὶ καθ’ ἑκατέρους τοὺς τρόπους), ὥστε τὰ προειρημένα ἀποτελεῖσθαι· οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν φαινομένων ἀντιμαρτυρεῖ. 〈καὶ〉 κατ’ ἐκφάνειάν τε ὑπὲρ γῆς καὶ πάλιν ἐπιπρόσθησιν τὸ προειρημένον δύναιτ’ ἂν συντελεῖσθαι· οὐδὲ γάρ τι τῶν φαινομένων ἀντιμαρτυρεῖ. Τάς τε κινήσεις αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀδύνατον μὲν γίνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ὅλου οὐρανοῦ δίνην, ἢ τούτου μὲν στάσιν,

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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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