# Excerpta 3

Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, Section 3. Ancient Greek.

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

3. Ὅτι τροπὴ ἐκ τοῦ πανούργου καὶ ἐξάλλαξις οὐδεμία ἦν ἐν τοῖς ἀρχαίοις, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τοῦ νοῦ σχήματα ὀψέ ποτε εἰς τοὺς δικανικοὺς λόγους παρεισῆλθεν· ἡ πλείων γὰρ αὐτοῖς σπουδὴ περὶ τὴν λέξιν καὶ τὸν ταύτης κόσμον ἦν καὶ τὴν συνθήκην καὶ ἁρμονίαν.

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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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