# Adversus mathematicos 255

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/255

καὶ ὅτι τῷ ὄντι τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, αὐτόθεν σχεδὸν ὑπέπιπτεν. οὐ γάρ, ὧσπερ ἀπὸ καθολικῆς τινος μεθόδου καὶ τεχνι- κῆς δυνάμεως λέγει ὁ μέν ἰατρὸς ὅτι τόδε τὸ ἐπὶ μέρους ὑγιεινόν ἐστι καὶ τόδε νοσερόν, ὁ δέ μουσικὸς ὅτι τόδε ἡρμοσμένον καὶ 〈τόδε〉 ἀνάρμοστον, καὶ ἡρμοσμένον μὲν κατὰ τήνδε τὴν συμφωνίαν ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ κατὰ τήνδε, οὕτω καὶ ὁ γραμματικὸς δύναται ἀπὸ ἐπιστημονικῆς τινος καὶ καθολικῆς θεωρίας ἀπαγγέλλειν, ὅτι ὁ μὲν Πέλοπος ὧμος ἐλεφάντινος ἦν ὑπὸ τοῦ ρεως ἢ ὑπὸ Δήμητρος βρωθείς, ἡ δέ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους κεφαλὴ ἐψέδνωτο ῥυεισῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν τριχῶν ὅτε ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐφορμῶντος τῇ Ἡσιόνῃ κήτους κατεπόθη,

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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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