# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.103

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.103

Ἡ συντομία δὲ πῆ μὲν μεγαλοπρεπής, καὶ μάλιστα ἡ ἀποσιώπησις· ἔνια γὰρ μὴ ῥηθέντα μείζονα φαίνεται καὶ ὑπονοηθέντα μᾶλλον· πῆ δὲ μικροπρεπής. καὶ γὰρ ἐν διλογίαις γίνεται μέγεθος, οἷον ὡς Ξενοφῶν, τὰ δὲ ἅρματα ἐφέρετο, φησί, τὰ μὲν δι’ αὐτῶν τῶν φιλίων, τὰ δὲ καὶ δι’ αὐτῶν τῶν πολεμίων. πολὺ γὰρ οὕτω μεῖζον, ἢ εἴπερ ὧδ’ εἶπεν, καὶ διὰ τῶν φιλίων, καὶ διὰ τῶν πολεμίων αὐτῶν.

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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/.