# Ars Rhetorica 1-7

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica, Προτρεπτικὸς ἀθληταῖς. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/ars-rhetorica/1-7

Ἀκόλουθος ἂν εἴη καί, ὡς 〈ἂν〉 εἴποι τις, συναφής, ὦ Ἐχέκρατες, καὶ ὁ ἐν ταύταις ταῖς πανηγύρεσι λεγόμενος λόγος, οὐκ εἰς αὐτὴν μέντοι τὴν πανήγυριν, ἀλλ’ εἰς τοὺς ἀνταγωνιστὰς τοὺς ἐν τῇ πανηγύρει καὶ τοῖς ἀγωνισταῖς ἀθληταῖς δή που, ὁ προτρεπτικὸς οὕτως λεγόμενος. Σκεπτέον οὖν πρῶτον εὐθύς, ὅς τίς ποτε ὁ λέγων (ὡς ἔγωγε οἶδα καὶ Ὀλυμπίασιν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐμοῦ τοῦτο γενόμενον καὶ Πυθοῖ καὶ ἄλλοθι πολλαχοῦ τισίν)· νῦν μὲν | γὰρ ἴσως πολίτης, νῦν δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν περὶ τὸν ἀγῶνά τις, ἐγὼ δὲ ἤδη καὶ τὸν ἀγωνοθέτην εἶδον ἀγωνιστὴν τούτου τοῦ λόγου γεγενημένον.

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Dionysius of Halicarnasus, Ars Rhetorica, ed. Hermann Usener, Ludwig Radermacher. 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/tlg0081.tlg016.local001/.