# Adversus mathematicos 288

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/288

ἄν δέ καὶ ἐξετάσῃ τις, πολλῷ χείρονα τῆς τῶν ἰδιωτῶν ὑπολήψεως εὑρήσει τὰ τῶν ποιητῶν. καὶ ὁ μὲν σκηνικὸς ἀναγορευθεὶς φιλόσο- φος ἔτι μετριώτερος φαίνεται, λέγων μὴ εἰδέναι ᾧ προσ- εύχεται (Eurip. Troad. 884) ὦ γῆς ὄχημα κἀπὶ γῆς ἔχων ἕδραν, ὅστις ποτ’ εἴ οὑ, δυστόπαστος εἰσιδεῖν, Ζεύς, εἴτ’ ἀνάγκη φύσεος εἴτε νοῦς βροτῶν, προσευξάμην σέ.

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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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