# Adversus mathematicos 24

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/24

ἔνθεν ὁ τραγικὸς Ἴων κινηθεὶς εἶπεν ἐπʼαὐτῶν (fr. 63 Nauck ═107 Blum.) οὐ γὰρ λόγοις Λάκαινα πυργοῦται πόλις, ἀλλʼ εὖτ᾿ ἂν Ἄρης νεοχμὸς ἐμπέσῃ στρατῷ, βουλὴ μέν ἄρχει, χείρ δʼ ἐπεξεργάζεται, ἅτε βουλευομένων μὲν τὰ κράτιστα, στυγούντων δὲ τὴν ῥητορικήν. ὅθεν εἰ μὴ τὰς τέχνας ἐκβάλλουσιν αἱ πόλεις, ἐκβεβλήκασι δὲ τὴν ῥητορικήν, οὐκ ἂν εἴη τῶν τεχνῶν ἡ ῥητορική.

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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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