# Excerpta 15

Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-longinus/excerpta/15

15. Ὅτι τὰ κεφάλαια τῆς δημηγορίας τέτταρα λέγει εἶναι, ὅσαπερ καὶ καθάπαξ εἴωθεν ἐμπίπτειν εἰς τὰς συμβουλάς, τὸ δίκαιον τὸ συμφέρον τὸ δυνατὸν τὸ ἔνδοξον, ταῦτα δʼ ἄριστα τὸν Θουκυδίδην φησὶ φυλάξαι.

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Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, 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.
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