# De imitatione (fragmenta) 31a.1.1

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De imitatione (fragmenta), Chapter 31a, Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-imitatione-fragmenta/31a.1.1

Ὅτι ζωγράφος τις κάλλος ἄριστον γράψαι βουλόμενος τὰς κατὰ τὴν χώραν καλὰς γυναῖκας συνήθροισε, καὶ ἀφ’ ἑκάστης τὸ τῶν μελῶν μιμούμενος κάλλιστον, τῆς μὲν ὀφθαλμούς, τῆς δὲ ῥῖνα, τῆς δὲ ὀφρύας καὶ ἀπ’ ἄλλης ἄλλο (οὐδὲ γὰρ ἦν ἁπάσας καλὰ φέρειν τὰ πάντα), κάλλιστον εἶδος ἀπηκριβώσατο. ἔοικε δὲ τοῦτο λαβεῖν ἐκ τοῦ Ὁμήρου. καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ὑπογράφων τὸν Ἀγαμέμνονα [B 478 s] ὄμματα (μὲν φησί) καὶ κεφαλὴν ἴκελος Διὶ 〈τερπι- κεραύνῳ〉, Ἄρεϊ δὲ ζώνην, στέρνον δὲ Ποσειδάωνι.

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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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