# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.121

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.121

Καθάπερ Ξενοφῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ Τηλεβόα ποταμοῦ μικροῦ ὄντος καὶ καλοῦ φησιν, οὗτος δὲ ποταμὸς ἦν μέγας μὲν οὔ, καλὸς δέ· τῇ γὰρ βραχύτητι τῆς συνθέσεως καὶ τῇ ἀπολήξει τῇ εἰς τὸ δὲ μόνον οὐκ ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν μικρὸν ποταμόν. ἕτερος δέ τις ἑρμηνεύων ὅμοιον τῷ Τηλεβόᾳ ποταμῷ ἔφη, ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν Λαυρικῶν ὀρέων ὁρμώμενος ἐκδιδοῖ ἐς θάλασσαν, καθάπερ τὸν Νεῖλον ἑρμηνεύων κατακρημνιζόμενον ἢ τὸν Ἴστρον ἐκβάλλοντα. πάντα οὖν τὰ τοιαῦτα ψυχρότης καλεῖται.

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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/.