# De imitatione (fragmenta) 35.1.1

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De imitatione (fragmenta), Fragment 35, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dionysius-of-halicarnassus/de-imitatione-fragmenta/35.1.1

δοκεῖ μὲν γὰρ ἀποίητός τις εἶναι καὶ ἀτεχνίτευτος ὁ τῆς ἑρμηνείας αὐτοῦ (τοῦ Λυσίου) χαρακτήρ, καὶ πολλοῖς ἂν καὶ τῶν φιλολόγων παράσχοι δόξαν, ὅτι ἀνεπιτηδεύτως καὶ οὐ κατὰ τέχνην, αὐτομάτως δέ πως καὶ ὡς ἔτυχε σύγκειται. ἔστι δὲ παντὸς ἔργου μᾶλλον τεχνικοῦ κατεσκευασμένος· πεποίηται γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀποίητον καὶ δέδεται τὸ λελυμένον, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ μὴ δοκεῖν δεινῶς κατεσκευάσθαι τὸ δεινὸν ἔχει.

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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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