# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.56

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.56

καθάπερ παρὰ Πλάτωνι, ὁ μὲν δὴ μέγας ἐν οὐρανῷ Ζεύς· καὶ παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ, ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ πόρον ἷξον ἐϋρρεῖος ποταμοῖο. ἀρκτικὸς γὰρ τεθεὶς ὁ σύνδεσμος καὶ ἀποσπάσας τῶν προτέρων τὰ ἐχόμενα μεγαλεῖόν τι εἰργάσατο. αἱ γὰρ πολλαὶ ἀρχαὶ σεμνότητα ἐργάζονται. εἰ δ’ ὧδε εἶπεν, ἀλλ’ ὅτε ἐπὶ τὸν πόρον ἀφίκοντο τοῦ ποταμοῦ, μικρολογοῦντι ἐῴκει καὶ ἔτι ὡς περὶ ἑνὸς πράγματος λέγοντι.

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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/.