# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.53

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.53

Χρὴ δὲ καὶ τοὺς συνδέσμους μὴ μάλα ἀνταποδίδοσθαι ἀκριβῶς, οἷον τῷ μὲν συνδέσμῳ τὸν δέ· μικροπρεπὲς γὰρ ἡ ἀκρίβεια· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀτακτοτέρως πως χρῆσθαι, καθάπερ που ὁ Ἀντιφῶν λέγει· ἡ μὲν γὰρ νῆσος ἣν ἔχομεν, δήλη μὲν καὶ πόρρωθέν ἐστιν, ὑψηλὴ καὶ τραχεῖα· καὶ τὰ μὲν χρήσιμα καὶ ἐργάσιμα μικρὰ αὐτῆς ἐστι, τὰ δὲ ἀργὰ πολλὰ σμικρᾶς αὐτῆς οὔσης. τρισὶ γὰρ τοῖς μὲν συνδέσμοις εἷς ὁ δὲ ἀνταποδίδοται.

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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/.