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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 265

Section 265 of 757

Canonical reference 1.265

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἡ δὲ Eκάβη εἰς κύνα, τοιαύτης δέ οὐσης 〈τῆς〉 τῶν ἱστοριῶν διαφορᾶς, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔστι τέχνη τις περὶ τὰ ψευδῆ καὶ ἀνύπαρκτα, ψευδῆ δέ ἐστι καὶ ἀνύπαρκτα τὰ περὶ τοὺς μύθους καὶ τὰ πλάσματα, περὶ ἅ μάλιστα τοῦ ἱστορικοῦ μέρους ἠ γραμματικὴ καταγίνεται, οὐκ ἂν εἴη τις τέχνη περὶ τὸ ἱστορικὸν μέρος 〈τῆς〉 γραμματικῆς.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

and that Hecuba changed into a dog. Since 〈the〉 difference among recorded accounts is of this kind, and since there is no art concerning false and nonexistent things, while the matters of myth and fiction, with which the historical part of grammar is chiefly occupied, are false and nonexistent, there can be no art concerning 〈the〉 historical part of grammar.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Hécube fut changée en chienne. Telle étant la différence entre les récits, puisqu’il n’existe aucun art portant sur les choses fausses et inexistantes, et que les mythes et les fictions, dont s’occupe principalement la partie historique de la grammaire, sont faux et inexistants, il ne saurait exister d’art portant sur la partie historique de la grammaire.

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