# De imitatione (fragmenta) 31.5.2

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/31.5.2

Ὁ δὲ Ἰσοκρατικὸς κομψεύεται μέν, ἀλλὰ μετὰ σεμνότητος, καὶ πανηγυρικώτερός ἐστι μᾶλλον ἢ δικανικώτερος. ἔχει δὲ τὸν κόσμον μετὰ ἐναργείας, καὶ πομπικός ἐστι πέρα τοῦ ἀνυστικοῦ καὶ χρησίμου· οὐ μὴν ἀγωνιστικός, περιγράφων δὲ τὴν ἀπαγγελίαν ταῖς περιόδοις, καὶ ὅλως σεμνότητα σωφρονίζων λιτότητι, τὸ δὲ λιτὸν ἐξαίρων * * καὶ αὐτοῦ μάλιστα ζηλωτέον τήν τε τῶν ὀνομάτων ἐκλογὴν καὶ συνέχειαν καὶ τὸ τῆς ὅλης ἰδέας ἐπιδεικτικόν.

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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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