# Adversus mathematicos 15-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/15-2

καὶ τούτου μάρτυς ὁ τῆς ἀρχαίας κωμῳδίας ποιητής, λέγων (Teleclid. f. 1 Kock et Ari- stoph. nub. 963) λέξω τοίνυν βίον ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὃν ἐγὼ θνητοῖσι παρεῖχον. πρότερον γὰρ ἔδει παιδὸς φωνὴν γρύσαντος μηδένʼ ἀκοῦσαι, εἶτα βαδίζειν ἐν ταῖσιν ὁδοῖς εὐτάκτως ἐς κιθαριστοῦ. ὅθεν εἰ καὶ κεκλασμένοις τισὶ μέλεσι νῦν καὶ γυναικώδεσι ῥυθμοῖς θηλύνει τὸν νοῦν ἡ μουσική, οὐδὲν τοῦτο πρὸς τὴν ἀρχαίαν καὶ ἔπανδρον μουσικήν.

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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.
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