# De imitatione (fragmenta) 31.5.1

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De imitatione (fragmenta), Fragment 31, Section 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-imitatione-fragmenta/31.5.1

Ὁ Λυσιακὸς λόγος πρὸς τὸ χρήσιμον καὶ ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν αὐτάρκης, καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐχμηρὸν ἐκπεφευγώς, πάνυ δὲ λιτὸς καὶ ἰσχνὸς κατὰ τὴν ἀπαγγελίαν. ἔστι δὲ κομψὸς καὶ ἐναλήθης, καὶ τῷ ἀττικισμῷ εὔ|χαρις· οὐ μὴν ἀτεχνῶς αὐξητικός, πλὴν τοῦ σκοποῦ λεληθότως ἐπιτυγχάνων, μετ’ ἀκροτάτης τῆς κατὰ τὴν χάριν ἡδονῆς, ὡς ἀναγινωσκόμενον μὲν οὐ χαλεπὸν νομίζεσθαι, χαλεπὸν δὲ εὑρίσκεσθαι ζηλοῦν πειρωμένοις. μάλιστα δὲ ἐπιτευκτικὸς ἐν ταῖς διηγήσεσιν· ἰσχνότητι γὰρ τῆς φράσεως σαφῆ καὶ ἀπηκριβωμένην ἔχουσι τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων ἔκθεσιν.

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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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