# Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως 21

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως, ΒΙΒΛΟΝ Α.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-13/21

Πῦρ. οὐδὲν εἰϲ υρ λῆγον οὐδέτερον μονοϲύλλαβον, ἀλλὰ μόνον τὸ πῦρ· ὅπερ Ϲιμωνίδηϲ καὶ ἕνεκα μέτρου διϲυλλάβωϲ ἀπεφήνατο· τοῦτο γὰρ μάλιϲτα φῆρεϲ ἔϲτυγον πύϊρ. Τὸ δὲ Ϲῦρ οὐ ϲύνηθεϲ παρὰ Ἕξλληϲιν, ἀλλ’ ἱϲτορίαϲ ἐχόμενον, ἄλλωϲ τε οὐδ’ ἄντικρυϲ οὐδέτερον. οὕτω γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο πρότερον ἡ Φοινίκη.

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Herodianus, Περὶ μονήρους λέξεως, ed. August Lentz. 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/tlg0087.tlg033.local001/.