# Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας 27

Lucian, Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας, Section 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-11/27

οἱ μὲν ὦν πρὸ ἡμῶν οὕτω κάρτα ἦσαν φιλομάντιες, οἱ δὲ νῦν, οἱ μὲν αὐτέων ἀδύνατα εἶναι λέγουσιν ἀνθρώποισι τέλος εὕρασθαι μαντικῆς· οὐ γὰρ εἶναί μιν οὔτε πιστὴν οὔτε ἀληθέα, οὐδὲ τὸν Ἄρεα ἢ τὸν Δία ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἡμέων ἕνεκα κινέεσθαι, ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν ἀνθρωπηίων πρηγμάτων οὐδεμίην ὤρην ἐκεῖνοι ποιέονται οὐδʼ ἔστιν αὐτέοισιν πρὸς τάδε κοινωνίη, κατὰ σφέας δὲ χρείῃ τῆς περιφορῆς ἀναστρέφονται.

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Lucian, Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. 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/tlg0062.tlg048.local001/.