# Περὶ ἑρμηνείας 5.240

Demetrius of Phaleron, Περὶ ἑρμηνείας, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demetrius-of-phaleron/text/5.240

Καὶ τὰ περὶ τῆς δεινότητος δὲ δῆλα ἂν εἴη λοιπὸν ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ γένοιτ’ ἂν ἐν τρισίν, ἐν οἷσπερ οἱ πρὸ αὐτῆς χαρακτῆρες· καὶ γὰρ πράγματά τινα ἐξ ἑαυτῶν ἐστι δεινά, ὥστε τοὺς λέγοντας αὐτὰ δεινοὺς δοκεῖν, κἂν μὴ δεινῶς λέγωσιν, καθάπερ ὁ Θεόπομπος τὰς ἐν τῷ Πειραιεῖ αὐλητρίας καὶ τὰ πορνεῖα καὶ τοὺς αὐλοῦντας καὶ ᾅδοντας καὶ ὀρχουμένους, ταῦτα πάντα δεινὰ ὀνόματα ὄντα καίτοι ἀσθενῶς εἰπὼν δεινὸς δοκεῖ.

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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/.