# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 2.81

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/2.81

Ἀρίστη δὲ δοκεῖ μεταφορὰ τῷ Ἀριστοτέλει ἡ κατὰ ἐνέργειαν καλουμένη, ὅταν τὰ ἄψυχα ἐνεργοῦντα εἰσάγηται καθάπερ ἔμψυχα, ὡς τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ βέλους· ὀξυβελὴς καθ’ ὅμιλον ἐπιπτέσθαι μενεαίνων, καὶ τὸ κυρτὰ φαληριόωντα. πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα, τὸ φαληριόωντα καὶ τὸ μενεαίνων, ζωτικαῖς ἐνεργείαις ἔοικεν.

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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/.