# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 3.131

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/3.131

Χρῆται δὲ τῷ τοιούτῳ εἴδει καὶ Ξενοφῶν, καὶ αὐτὸς δεινότητας εἰσάγει ἐκ χαρίτων, οἷον ἐπὶ τῆς ἐνόπλου ὀρχηστρίδος, ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ Παφλαγόνος, εἰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτοῖς συνεπολέμουν, ἔφη· αὗται γὰρ καὶ ἔτρεψαν τὸν βασιλέα. διττὴ γὰρ ἐμφαίνεται ἡ δεινότης ἐκ τῆς χάριτος, ἡ μὲν ὅτι οὐ γυναῖκες αὐτοῖς εἵποντο, ἀλλ’ Ἀμαζόνες, ἡ δὲ κατὰ βασιλέως, εἰ οὕτως ἦν ἀσθενής, ὡς ὑπὸ γυναικῶν φυγεῖν.

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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/.