# Adversus mathematicos 22-2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/22-2

ὅθεν καὶ ὁ ἀντιχειροτονηθεὶς Ἀθηναίοις ὑπʼ αὐτῶν πρὸς Τισσαφέρνην πρεσβευτής, τῶν Ἀθηναίων μακρὰς καὶ ποικίλας ῥήσεις διεξιόντων, δύο τῇ βακτηρίᾳ γραμμὰς κατὰ τοῦ ἐδάφους χαράξας, τὴν μὲν εὐθεῖαν καί μικρὰν τὴν δὲ ἐπιμήκη καὶ σκολιάν, ῾ τούτωνʼ εἶπεν, ῾ ὧ βασιλεῦ, ὁποτέραν θέλεις ἑλοῦ,ʼ αἰνιττόμενος διὰ μὲν τῆς ἐπιμήκους καὶ τῆς σκολιᾶς γραμμῆς τὴν τερθρείαν τὴν ῥητορικήν, διὰ δὲ τῆς βραχείας ἅμα καὶ εὐθείας τὴν ἀφελῆ καὶ σύντομον εὐθυρρημοσύνην,

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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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