# Enchridion de Metris 12.5

Hephaestion, Enchridion de Metris, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/12.5

(5) Τὸ δὲ 〈δίμετρον τὸ〉 ἀκατάληκτον κατὰ τὸν ἀνακλώμενον χαρακτῆρα πολὺ παρὰ τῷ Ἀνακρέοντί ἐστι (61) παρὰ δηῦτε Πυθόμανδρον κατέδυν ἔρωτα φεύγων· τῷ δὲ καθαρῷ ἑφθημιμερεῖ ὅλον ᾆσμα Τιμοκρέων συνέθηκε (6) Σικελὸς κομψὸς ἀνὴρ ποτὶ τὰν ματέρ’ ἔφα.

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Hephestion, Enchridion de Metris, ed. Maximilian Corsbruch. 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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