# Ars Rhetorica 7-4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/ars-rhetorica/7-4

Ἐν δὲ τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ γενομένους ἀναγκαῖον | καὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων μνημονεύειν καὶ παραδείγματα φέρειν, ὅσοι ἔνδοξοι· οἳ μὲν ὅτι ἀήττητοι, οἳ δὲ ὅτι πλείστας νίκας ἤραντο, οἳ δὲ ὅτι εἰ καὶ ὀλίγας, ἀλλὰ τὰς ἐνδοξοτάτας, καὶ ὅτι πάσας προῖκα, καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ σωφροσύνης, ἀπὸ ἐγκρατείας, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀσκήσεως τοιοῦτοι ἐγένοντο· καὶ ὅ τι αὐτοῖς τοιοῦτον συνέβη· ὅτι πολλοὶ καὶ ἰσόθεοι ἐνομίσθησαν, οἳ δὲ καὶ ὡς θεοὶ τιμῶνται τῶν πάλαι.

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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/.