# Adversus mathematicos 228

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/228

πολλαὶ γάρ, φασίν, εἰσὶ συνή- θειαι, καὶ ἄλλη μὲν Πθηναίων ἄλλη δὲ Λακεδαιμονίων, καὶ πάλιν Πθηναίων διαφέρουσα μὲν ἡ παλαιὰ ἐξηλ- λαγμένη δέ ἡ νῦν, καὶ οὐχ ἡ αὐτὴ μέν τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἀγροικίαν ἡ αὐτὴ δὲ τῶν ἐν ἄστει διατριβόντων, παρὸ καὶ ὁ κωμικὸς λέγει ριστοφάνης (fr. 685 Kock) διάλεκτον ἔχοντα μέσην πόλεως, οὔτ᾿ ἀστείαν ὑποθηλυτέραν οὔτ᾿ ἀνελεύθερον ὑπαγροικοτέραν. πολλῶν οὖν οὐσῶν συνηθειῶν,

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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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