# Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων 43

Lucian, Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων, Section 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-34/43

σὺ μὲν γὰρ ὡς ἑξῆς παντως γραφομένων τῶν γραμμάτων εἴρηκας, οἷον πρώτου τοῦ Α, δευτέρου δὲ τοῦ Β καὶ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν, ἄχρι ἂν ἐς ἓν αὐτῶν τελευτήσῃ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἀθλητῶν· καὶ δίδωμί σοι Ὀλυμπίασιν οὕτω γίγνεσθαι. τί δέ, εἰ ἐξελόντες ἀτάκτως πέντε γράμματα ἐξ ἁπάντων, τὸ Χ καὶ τὸ Σ καὶ τὸ Ζ καὶ το Κ καὶ τὸ Θ, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τέτταρα διπλᾶ ἐπὶ τῶν κλήρων τῶν ὀκτὼ γράφοιμεν, τὸ δὲ Ζ μόνον ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐνάτου, ὃ δὴ καὶ δηλοῦν ἔμελλεν ἡμῖν τὸν ἔφεδρον, τί ποιήσεις πρῶτον εὑρὼν τὸ Ζ; τῷ διαγνώσῃ ἔφεδρον ὄντα τὸν ἔχοντα αὐτό, ἢν μὴ ἐπὶ πάντας ἐλθὼν εὕρῃς οὐδὲν αὐτῷ συμφωνοῦν; οὐ γὰρ εἶχες ὥσπερ νῦν τῇ τάξει αὐτῶν τεκμαίρεσθαι. Δυσαπόκριτον τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς.

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Lucian, Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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.tlg063.local001/.