# Περὶ Ἰλιακῆς προσῳδίας 240-2

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ Ἰλιακῆς προσῳδίας, ΕΙϹ ΤΗΝ Θ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-25/240-2

240. δημόν. δημόν Ἀρίϲταρχοϲ κατ᾿ ὀξεῖαν τάϲιν ἐπὶ τοῦ λίπουϲ· τὸ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ πλήθουϲ βαρύνει. οὕτωϲ καὶ ὁ Ἀϲκαλωνίτηϲ, λέγων τὸ μὲν παρὰ τὸ δέμαϲ γεγενῆϲθαι, οἱονεὶ ϲῶμά τι τυγχάνον, ἢ παρὰ τὸν δαϲμόν· τὸ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ λίπουϲ παρὰ τὸ δαίω· εὔκαυϲτον τὰρ τὸ λίποϲ. δύναιτο δ᾿ ἄν τιϲ καὶ ἄλλωϲ ἐτυμολογεῖν, εἰ παρὰ τὸ δέω γένοιτο δέεμοϲ καὶ ἐν ϲυναλοιφῇ δῆμοϲ, τὸ ϲυνδεδεμένον πλῆθοϲ. τὸ γὰρ ἐναντίον λύη ἀπὸ τῆϲ διαλύϲεωϲ. A.

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Herodianus, Περὶ Ἰλιακῆς προσῳδίας, 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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