# Adversus mathematicos 293

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/293

Ἀλλὰ πόλει φασὶ χρησίμην εἶναι τὴν γραμματικήν, ἐπεὶ καὶ Αεβεδίοις νίκης αἴτιον ἐγένετο ἐκ ποιητικῆς μαρ- τύριον. ἕνεκα δὲ τούτου καὶ τὴν ὀρχηστικὴν ἀναγκαίαν λέγομεν εἶναι, ἐπεὶ Σώστρατος ὁ ντιόχου ὀρχηστής, λα- βόντος ὑποχείριον τὴν Πριήνην τοῦ βασιλέως πατρίδα οὖσαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρὰ τὸ συμπόσιον τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀναγκαζόμενος ὀρχεῖσθαι, οὐ καλὸν ἔφη τῆς πατρίδος αὐ- τοῦ δουλευούσης αὐτὸν ἐλευθερίαν ὀρχεῖσθαι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐλευθερωθῆναι τὴν πόλιν.

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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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