# Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου 1.1.5

Aelius Aristides, Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου, περὶ ἀφελοῦς λόγου., Chapter 1, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-aristides/text/1.1.5

τὰ δὲ σχήματα ἐν μὲν τῷ πολιτικῷ λόγῳ τραχέα ἐστί, σφοδρά, ἐλεγκτικά, βίαια, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀφελεῖ ἀνειμένα, ἁπλᾶ, μηδένα ἔλεγχον μηδὲ ἐξέτασίν τινα ἐμφαίνοντα, ἀλλὰ κοινότερα καὶ ἀναπεπτωκότα· οὕτω γὰρ ἐκεῖνα ποιεῖ σύντονον τὸν λόγον καὶ πολιτικόν, ταῦτα δὲ ἀφελῆ, ὡς ἂν ἰδιωτικὰ καὶ ὁμιλητικὰ ὄντα.

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Aelius Aristides, Περὶ πολιτικοῦ λόγου, ed. Leonhard von Spengel. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0284.tlg056.local001/.