# Adversus mathematicos 48-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sextus-empiricus/adversus-mathematicos/48-4

οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ὃν τρόπον ἅπαν διάστημα κατὰ μουσικὴν ἐν φθόγγοις ἔχει τὴν ὑπόστασιν, οὕτω καὶ πᾶν ἦθος. τὸ δʼ ἔστι τι γένος μελῳδίας. καθὰ γὰρ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἦθῶν |τινὰ μέν ἐστι σκυθρωπὰ καὶ στιβαρώτερα, ὁποῖα τὰ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἱστοροῦσιν, τὰ δὲ εὐένδοτα πρὸς ἔρωτας καὶ οἰνοφλυγίας καὶ ὀδυρμοὺς καὶ οἰμωγάς, οὕτω τὶς μέν με- λῳδία σεμνά τινα καὶ ἀστεῖα ἐμποιεῖ τῇ ψυχῇ κινήματα, τὶς δέ ταπτεινότερα καὶ ἀγεννῆ.

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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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