# Adversus mathematicos 253

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/253

τῆς δέ ἀληθοῦς τρία πάλιν μέρη· ἡ μέν γάρ ἐστι περὶ τὰ πρόσωπα θεῶν καὶ ἡρώων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ἐπιφανῶν, ἡ δὲ περὶ τοὺς τόπους καὶ χρό- νοῦς, ἡ δὲ περὶ τὰς πράξεις. τῆς δὲ ψευδοῦς, του|τέστι τῆς μυθικῆς, ἕν εἴδος μόνον ὑπάρχειν λέγει τὸ γενεα- λογικόν. ὑποτάσσεσθαι δὲ τῷ ἱστορικῷ κοινῶς φησι, καθὼς καὶ Διονύσιος, τὸ περὶ τὰς γλώττας· ἱστορεῖ γὰρ ὅτι κρήγυον ἀληθές ἐστιν ἢ ἀγαθόν. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὸ περὶ παροιμιῶν καὶ ὅρων. Ἀλλʼ ὅτι μέν γραμματικῆς εἶναι μέρος βούλονται τὸ ἱστορικόν,

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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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