# Adversus mathematicos 204

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/204

ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν οὐχ ὑπὸ πάντων ὁμολογεῖται ποιητὴς ἀρχαιότατος εἶναι Ὅμηρος· ἔνιοι γὰρ Ἡσίοδον προήκειν τοῖς χρόνοις λέγουσιν, Λίνον τε καὶ Ὀρφέα καὶ Μουσαῖον καὶ ἄλλους παμπληθεῖς. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ πιθανόν ἐστι γεγονέναι μέν τινας πρὸ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατ᾿ αὐτὸν ποιητάς, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτός πού φησι (α 351) τὴν γὰρ ἀοιδὴν μᾶλλον ἐπικλείουσʼ ἄνθρωποι ἥτις ἀκουόντεσσι νεωτάτη ἀμφιπέληται, τούτους δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν λαμπρότητος ἐπεσκοτῆ- σθαι.

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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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