# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.51

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.51

Παράδειγμα δὲ τὸ παρὰ τῷ Πλάτωνι λεγόμενον, ὅτι ἐπὰν μέν τις μουσικῇ παρέχῃ καταυλεῖν καὶ καταχεῖν διὰ τῶν ὤτων· πολὺ γὰρ τὸ δεύτερον ἐναργέστερον τοῦ προτέρου. καὶ πάλιν προϊών φησιν, ὅταν δὲ καταχέων μὴ ἀνῇ, ἀλλὰ κηλῇ, τὸ δὴ μετὰ τοῦτο ἤδη τήκει καὶ λείβει. τὸ γὰρ λείβει τοῦ τήκει ἐμφατικώτερον καὶ ἐγγυτέρω ποιήματος. εἰ δὲ προεξήνεγκεν αὐτό, ἀσθενέστερον ἂν τὸ τήκει ἐπιφερόμενον ἐφάνη.

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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/.