# Adversus mathematicos 167

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/167

ταύτῃ τε ἀκολουθήσει καὶ τὸ μέγα ἡμιστίχιον λέ- γειν εἶναι βραχύ, βραχεῖ συνεξισούμενον τῷ μῆνιν, καὶ τὸ βραχὑ μέγα, μείζονι ἀντιπαρῆκον τῷ ἡμιστιχίῳ, εἴπερ τῷ παντὶ ἡμιστιχίῳ προστίθοιτο τὸ μῆνιν. 〈εἰ δὲ μέρει αὐτοῦ,〉 οἷον τῷ ἄειδε, καὶ εἰ μὲν μόνον αὐξήσει τὸ ἄειδε, τὸ δʼ ὅλον 〈οὐκ αὐξήσει〉, οὐ ποιήσει στίχον. λεί πεται οὖν φάσκειν τῷ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν, αὐτοῦ τε τοῦ μῆνιν καὶ τοῦ προυποκειμένου ἡμιστιχίου, ἀποτελουμένῳ ἑξαμέτρῳ καὶ ἡρωικῷ στίχῳ προστίθεσθαι.

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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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