# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 1.27

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/1.27

Χρῆσις δὲ τῶν τοιούτων κώλων ἐπισφαλής. οὔτε γὰρ δεινῶς λέγοντι ἐπιτήδεια· ἐκλύει γὰρ τὴν δεινότητα ἡ περὶ αὐτὰ τερθρεία καὶ φροντίς. δῆλον δ’ ἡμῖν τοῦτο ποιεῖ Θεόπομπος. κατηγορῶν γὰρ τῶν Φιλίππου φίλων φησίν, ἀνδροφόνοι δὲ τὴν φύσιν ὄντες, ἀνδροπόρνοι τὸν τρόπον ἦσαν· καὶ ἐκαλοῦντο μὲν ἑταῖροι, ἦσαν δὲ ἑταῖραι. ἡ γὰρ ὁμοιότης ἡ περὶ τὰ κῶλα καὶ ἀντίθεσις ἐκλύει τὴν δεινότητα διὰ τὴν κακοτεχνίαν. θυμὸς γὰρ τέχνης οὐ δεῖται, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τρόπον τινὰ αὐτοφυᾶ εἶναι ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων κατηγοριῶν καὶ ἁπλᾶ τὰ λεγόμενα.

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Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, ed. William Rhys Roberts. 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/tlg0613.tlg001.local001/.