# Ars rhetorica 3

Cassius Longinus, Ars rhetorica, ΠΕΡΙ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-longinus/ars-rhetorica/3

Ἐν δὲ τοῖς κεφαλαίοις τοῖς τῶν πίστεων καὶ τοῖς εἴδεσι τούτων πρῶτα θήσεις καὶ τελευταῖα τὰ πάντων κράτιστα, καὶ ἐξελέγξεις τὰ τῶν ἀντιδίκων, τὰ σαθρὰ καὶ ἀσθενῆ τῶν εἰρημένων ὑπʼ ἐκείνων προτάττων, καὶ ὅσα ῥᾳδίως λῦσαι δυνήσῃ, προτενεῖς δὲ οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐκείνοις, ἀλλʼ οἷόν τε μάλιστα εὐεπιχείρητον εἶναί σοι· εἰ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰσχυροτάτων ἄρχοιο τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὄντων ἀλύτων, ἢ τὰ σμικρότατα σαυτοῦ προτάττοις, διαβεβλήσῃ πρὸς τοὺς ἀκούοντας, νήφοντος τοῦ δικαστοῦ καταρχὰς καὶ μέγιστα, καὶ σαφῶς ἀκοῦσαι θέλοντος.

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Cassius Longinus, Ars rhetorica, 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/tlg2178.tlg001.local001/.