# Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem 98

Epicurus, Epistula Secunda ad Pythoclem, Section 98. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicurus/epistula-secunda-ad-pythoclem/98

Μήκη νυκτῶν καὶ ἡμερῶν παραλλάττοντα . . . καὶ παρὰ τὸ ταχείας ἡλίου κινήσεις γίνεσθαι καὶ πάλιν βραδείας 〈καὶ〉 (ὑπὲρ γῆς) παρὰ τὸ μήκη τόπων παραλλάττοντα . . . (καὶ τόπους τινὰς περαιοῦντα τάχιον), ὡς καὶ παρὰ ἡμῖν (ἢ καὶ βραδύτερον) τινα θεωρεῖται, οἷς συμφώνως δεῖ λέγειν ἐπὶ τῶν μετεώρων. οἱ δὲ τὸ ἓν λαμβάνοντες τοῖς τε φαινομένοις μάχονται καὶ τοῦ ᾗ δυνατὸν ἀνθρώπῳ θεωρῆσαι διαπεπτώκασιν. Ἐπισημασίαι δύνανται γίνεσθαι καὶ κατὰ συγκυρήσεις καιρῶν, καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἐμφανέσι παρ’ ἡμῖν ζῴοις, καὶ παρ’ ἑτεροιώσεις ἀέρος καὶ μεταβολάς·

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0537.tlg011.local001/.