# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 1.28

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/1.28

Οὔτε δῆτα ἐν δεινότητι χρήσιμα τὰ τοιαῦτα, ὡς ἔδειξα, οὔτε ἐν πάθεσι καὶ ἤθεσιν· ἁπλοῦν γὰρ εἶναι βούλεται καὶ ἀποίητον τὸ πάθος, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὸ ἦθος. ἐν γοῦν τοῖς Ἀριστοτέλους περὶ δικαιοσύνης ὁ τὴν Ἀθηναίων πόλιν ὀδυρόμενος εἰ μὲν οὕτως εἴποι ὅτι ποίαν τοιαύτην πόλιν εἷλον τῶν ἐχθρῶν, οἵαν τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν ἀπώλεσαν, ἐμπαθῶς ἂν εἰρηκὼς εἴη καὶ ὀδυρτικῶς· εἰ δὲ παρόμοιον αὐτὸ ποιήσει· ποίαν γὰρ πόλιν τῶν ἐχθρῶν τοιαύτην ἔλαβον, ὁποίαν τὴν ἰδίαν ἀπέβαλον, οὐ μὰ τὸν Δία πάθος κινήσει οὐδὲ ἔλεον, ἀλλὰ τὸν καλούμενον κλαυσιγέλωτα. τὸ γὰρ ἐν πενθοῦσι παίζειν, κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν, τὸ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι κακοτεχνεῖν ἐστι.

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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/.