# Adversus mathematicos 105-4

Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ΠΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΡΟΛΟΓΟΥΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/105-4

ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ αὐτὸς τῶν ἀστέρων σχηματισμὸς διὰ μακρῶν, ὥς φασι, χρόνων θεω- ρεῖται, ἀποκαταστάσεως γινομένης τοῦ μεγάλου ἐνιαυτοῦ διʼ ἐννεακισχιλίων ἐννακοσίων καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα | καὶ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν, οὐ φθάσει ἀνθρωπίνη τήρησις τοῖς τοσούτοις αἰῶσι συνδραμεῖν ἐπὶ μιᾶς γενέσεως, καὶ ταῦτα οὐχ ἅπαξ ἀλλὰ πολλάκις, ἤτοι τοῦ κόσμου φθορᾶς, εἰρήκασιν ὡς τινες, μεσολαβούσης αὐτήν, ἢ πάντως γε τῆς κατὰ μέρος μεταβολῆς ἐξαφανιζούσης τὸ συνεχές τῆς ἱστορι- κῆς παραδόσεως.

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Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos, ed. Hermann Mutschmann, Jürgen Mau. 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/tlg0544.tlg002.local001/.