# De Demosthenis dictione 16

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthenis dictione, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-demosthenis-dictione/16

16 εἰρηκὼς δὲ κατʼ ἀρχάς, ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσιν Ἰσοκράτης τε καὶ Πλάτων κράτιστα τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιτετηδευκέναι τοῦτο τὸ γένος τοῦ χαρακτῆρος καὶ προαγαγεῖν μὲν αὐτὸ ἐπὶ μήκιστον, οὐ μὴν καὶ τελειῶσαι, ὅσα δʼ ἐνέλιπεν ἐκείνων ἑκάτερος, ταῦτα Δημοσθένην ἐξειργασμένον ἐπιδείξειν ὑποσχόμενος, ἐπὶ τοῦτʼ ἤδη πορεύσομαι, τὰς ἄριστα δοκούσας ἔχειν παῤ ἑκατέρῳ τῶν ἀνδρῶν λέξεις προχειρισάμενος καὶ ἀντιπαραθεὶς αὐταῖς τὰς Δημοσθένους, ὅσαι περὶ τὰς αὐτὰς συνετάχθησαν ὑπο|θέσεις, ἵνα μᾶλλον αἱ τῶν ἀνδρῶν προαιρέσεις τε καὶ δυνάμεις γένωνται καταφανεῖς τὴν ἀκριβεστάτην βάσανον ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἔργων λαβοῦσαι.

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthenis dictione, 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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