# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 3.133

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/3.133

Ὥστε ἡ μέν τις ἐν πράγμασι χάρις ἐστί, τὰ δὲ καὶ ἡ λέξις ποιεῖ ἐπιχαριτώτερα, οἷον ὡς δ’ ὅτε Πανδαρέου κούρη, χλωρηῒς ἀηδών, καλὸν ἀείδῃσιν, ἔαρος νέον ἱσταμένοιο· ἐνταῦθα γὰρ καὶ ἡ ἀηδὼν χάριεν ὀρνίθιον, καὶ τὸ ἔαρ φύσει χάριεν, πολὺ δὲ ἐπικεκόσμηται τῇ ἑρμηνείᾳ, καὶ ἔστι χαριέστερα τῷ τε χλωρηῒς καὶ τῷ Πανδαρέου κούρη εἰπεῖν ἐπὶ ὄρνιθος, ἅπερ τοῦ ποιητοῦ ἴδιά ἐστι.

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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/.