# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 3.156

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/3.156

Αἱ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν χάριτες τοσαῦται καὶ οἱ τόποι, ἐν δὲ τοῖς πράγμασι λαμβάνονται χάριτες ἐκ παροιμίας. φύσει γὰρ χάριεν πρᾶγμά ἐστι παροιμία, ὡς ὁ Σώφρων μέν, Ἠπιόλης, ἔφη, ὁ τὸν πατέρα πνίγων. καὶ ἀλλαχόθι πού φησιν, ἐκ τοῦ ὄνυχος γὰρ τὸν λέοντα ἔγραψεν· τορύναν ἔξεσεν· κύμινον ἔπρισεν. καὶ γὰρ δυσὶ παροιμίαις καὶ τρισὶν ἐπαλλήλοις χρῆται, ὡς ἐπιπληθύωνται αὐτῷ αἱ χάριτες· σχεδόν τε πάσας ἐκ τῶν δραμάτων αὐτοῦ τὰς παροιμίας ἐκλέξαι ἐστίν.

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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/.