# Ars Rhetorica 4-3

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ars Rhetorica, Μέθοδος γενεθλιακῶν. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/ars-rhetorica/4-3

Μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἥδῃ τὸν ἔπαινον ἰέναι τοῦ ἐγκωμιαζομένου καὶ οὗ ἡ γενέθλιος· ποίας τινὸς φύσεως κατὰ σῶμα, κατὰ ἰσχύν. εἰ μέγας ἐστί, κατὰ τὸν Αἴαντα· εἰ καλὸς καὶ ἀνδρεῖος, κατὰ τὸν Ἀχιλλέα· καὶ εἰ 〈εὔγλωσσος ἢ〉 εὔβουλος ἢ δίκαιος ἢ σώφρων εἴη, τὰ ἁρμόζοντα πρόσωπα, τὸν έστορα, τὸν Θεμιστοκλέα, τὸν Ἀριστείδην, τὸν ωκίωνα· εἰ χρηστός· ὅτι θυμοειδὴς μετὰ τοῦ πράου, ὅτι ὀξὺς ἐνόδους θυμηθῆναι. κἂν εἰ μικρός, ὅτι μείζων τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρετήν, κατὰ τὸν Τυδέα, κατὰ τὸν Κόνωνα. |

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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/.