# Physiognomonica (Epitome Adamantiana) 1.3

Pseudo-Polemon, Physiognomonica (Epitome Adamantiana), Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-polemon/physiognomonica-epitome-adamantiana/1.3

[p. 177 Fr.] Ὁπόσοις γε μὴν γυναικεῖον εἶδος ἐπιπρέπει ἔν τε τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις, τὰ μὲν εἰς ἡδυ- πάθειαν καὶ ἀφροδίτην εἰσὶ γυναικεῖοι, τολμηροὶ δὲ καὶ ἀναι- δεῖς καὶ πανουργίαις καὶ ἀπιστίαις καὶ ἀπάταις χαίροντες· καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα γυναικεῖα. οἱ δὲ [p. 178] νέοι ὄντες εἶδός τε ἔχοντες γηραιόν, οὗτοι δειλοὶ καὶ δύσκολοι καὶ ὑπόπται καὶ φειδωλοὶ καὶ εὐλαβεῖς καὶ εὔβουλοι.......................

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Pseudo-Polemon, Physiognomonica (Epitome Adamantiana), ed. Richard Foerster. 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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