# Περὶ τῶν εἰς μι 12.1-2

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ τῶν εἰς μι, 12.1 to 12.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-21/12.1

ἤμην τὸ ϲημαντικὸν τοῦ ὑπάρχειν ϲπανίωϲ εὑρίϲκεται κατὰ τὴν χρῆϲιν τῶν Ἑλλήνων, οὗ τὰ ὑποδείγματα δίδομεν ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν εἰϲ μι. ὁ μέντοι ποιητὴϲ οὐκ ἐχρήϲατο. ἰϲτέον ὅτι τὸ ἤμην ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑπῆρχον ἀπηγόρευται ἀντὶ γάρ τοῦ ἤμην «ἦν ἐγώ» λέγουϲιν, ὡϲ Ἀριϲτοφάνηϲ (Plut. 28) ἐγὼ θεοϲεβὴϲ καὶ δίκαιοϲ ὢν ἀνὴρ κακῶϲ ἔπραττον, καὶ πένηϲ ἦν εὕρηται γὰρ τὸ ἤμην τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑπῆρχον, ὡϲ παρ᾿ Εὐριπίδῃ ἐν Ἑλένηϲ ἀπαιτήϲει (ν. Hel. 931) ἐγὼ δὲ προδότιϲ οὐκ ἤμην τέκνον.

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Herodianus, Περὶ τῶν εἰς μι, 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.
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