# Excerpta 7

Cassius Longinus, Excerpta, Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-longinus/excerpta/7

7. Ὅτι χρὴ ἐν ταῖς συνθήκαις τῶν κώλων εὐπρεπῆ εἶναι τὴν λέξιν καὶ τὴν συνθήκην οὐκ ἀνάρμοστον, ὡς ἂν παίωνας εἶναι καὶ ἡρῴους τοὺς πλείστους, ἐξ ὧν εὔογκος ἡ ἑρμηνεία γίνεται καὶ σεμνή· παραδείγματα δὲ τὰ Πλάτωνος καὶ Δημοσθένους· οὗτοι γὰρ ἄριστοι γνώμονες τῶν τοιούτων.

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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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