# Adversus mathematicos 26-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/26-4

νὴ Δίʼ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἥρωες τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ᾠδοῖς τισὶν ὡς σώφροσι φύλαξι παρακατετίθεντο, καθάπερ ὁ Ἀγα- μέμνων τὴν Κλυταιμνήστραν. ταῦτα δὲ ἤδη μυθολογούν- των ἐστὶν ἀνδρῶν, εἶτα καὶ παρὰ πόδας αὑτοὺς διε- λεγχόντων· πῶς γάρ, εἴπερ μουσικὴ περὶ τῆς τῶν παθῶν ἐπανορθώσεως ἐπιστεύετο, τὸν μὲν Ἀγαμέμνονα ἡ Κλυ- ταιμνήστρα ἐπὶ τῆς ἰδίας ἑστίας κατέκτανεν ὥσπερ βοῦν ἐπὶ φάτνῃ (Hom. λ 41 1), εἰς δέ τούς Ὀδυσσέως οἴκους ἡ Πηνελόπη ὄχλον ἄσωτον ἐπιδέχεται μειρακίων, ἀεὶ δέ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας αὐτῶν ἐλπιδοκοποῦσα καὶ παρούξουσα μοχθηρότερον καὶ χαλεπώτερον τῆς ἐπὶ Ἴλιον στρατείας τὸν ἐν Ἰθάκῃ πόλεμον ἤγειρε τῷ γήμαντι;

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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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