# De compositione verborum (epitome) 13

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De compositione verborum (epitome), Section 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-compositione-verborum-epitome/13

Καλὴ δ’ ἐκ τίνων γίνεται εἴ τις ἔροιτο, ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ἂν φαίην καὶ οὐχ ἑτέρων· τὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ ποιητικὰ ἀμφοῖν· μέλος εὐγενές, ῥυθμὸς ἀξιωματικός, μεταβολὴ μεγαλοπρεπής, τὸ πᾶσι τούτοις παρακολουθοῦν πρέπον· αἰτία δὲ καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἥ τε τῶν γραμμάτων φύσις καὶ ἡ τῶν συλλαβῶν δύναμις, ἐξ ὧν πλέκεται τὰ ὀνόματα· ὑπὲρ ὧν καιρὸς ἂν εἴη λέγειν.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De compositione verborum (epitome), 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.
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