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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 307
Section 307 of 757
Canonical reference 1.307
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
εἰ δέ δεῖ περὶ ἰατρικῆς διεξέρχεσθαι θεωρίας, καὶ παριστν ὡς καὶ ἐπίθετον πολλάκις προσριφὲν ὑπὸ ποιητοῦ βαθὺν ἐμφαίνει καὶ ἐπιστημονικὸν νοῦν, οἷόν ἐστι τὸ βαθύσχοινον λεχε- ποίην’ παρʼ Ὁμήρῳ (Δ 383). σημαίνει γάρ, ὅ μὴ δύναται νοῆσαι γραμματικός, 〈ὅτι〉 παραστατικὸν πρὸς συνουσίαν ἐστὶ τὸ τῆς σχοίνου σπέρμα, λέχος καλοῦντος τοῦ ποιητοῦ τὴν μῖξιν.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
If we must discuss medical theory, it is also possible to show how an epithet added by a poet often conveys a profound and scientific meaning, as in Homer’s phrase “deep-rushed bed-maker” (Il. 4.383). For it signifies, though a grammarian cannot understand it, 〈that〉 the seed of the rush stimulates intercourse, the poet calling intercourse a “bed.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
S’il faut parcourir la théorie médicale, on peut encore montrer qu’une épithète souvent ajoutée par le poète révèle un sens profond et scientifique. Ainsi Homère écrit (Δ 383): «Léchépoia, riche en joncs profonds.» Cela signifie, ce que le grammairien ne peut comprendre, que la graine du jonc stimule l’union sexuelle, le poète appelant «couche» l’union.
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