# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.52

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.52

Καὶ Ὅμηρος δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ Κύκλωπος ἀεὶ ἐπαύξει τὴν ὑπερβολήν, καὶ ἐπανιόντι ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἔοικεν, οἷον οὐ γὰρ ἐῴκει ἀνδρί γε σιτοφάγῳ, ἀλλὰ ῥίῳ ὑλήεντι, καὶ προσέτι ὑψηλοῦ ὄρους καὶ ὑπερφαινομένου τῶν ἄλλων ὀρῶν. ἀεὶ γὰρ καίτοι μεγάλα ὄντα τὰ πρότερον ἥττονα φαίνεται, μειζόνων αὐτοῖς τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπιφερομένων.

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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/.