# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.75

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.75

Ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν πράγμασι τὸ μεγαλοπρεπές, ἂν μεγάλη καὶ διαπρεπὴς πεζομαχία ἢ ναυμαχία, ἢ περὶ οὐρανοῦ ἢ περὶ γῆς λόγος· ὁ γὰρ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀκούων πράγματος εὐθὺς καὶ τὸν λέγοντα οἴεται μεγάλως λέγειν πλανώμενος· δεῖ γὰρ οὐ τὰ λεγόμενα σκοπεῖν, ἀλλὰ πῶς λέγεται· ἔστι γὰρ καὶ μεγάλα μικρῶς λέγοντα ἀπρεπὲς ποιεῖν τῷ πράγματι. διὸ καὶ δεινούς τινάς φασιν, ὥσπερ καὶ Θεόπομπον, δεινὰ οὐ δεινῶς λέγοντας.

---

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/.