# De imitatione (fragmenta) 28.1.1

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De imitatione (fragmenta), Fragment 28, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-imitatione-fragmenta/28.1.1

μίμησίς ἐστιν ἐνέργεια διὰ τῶν θεωρημάτων ἐκματτομένη τὸ παράδειγμα. ζῆλος δέ ἐστιν ἐνέργεια ψυχῆς πρὸς θαῦμα τοῦ δοκοῦντος εἶναι καλοῦ κινουμένη.

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Dionysius of Halicarnasus, De imitatione (fragmenta), 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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