# Enchridion de Metris 5

Hephaestion, Enchridion de Metris, Περὶ ἀποθέσεω; μέτρων.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/5

(5) Παντὸς μέτρου ἀδιάφορός ἐστιν ἡ τελευταία συλλαβή, ὥστε δύνασθαι εἶναι αὐτὴν καὶ βραχεῖαν καὶ μακράν, οἷον (Β 1) ἄλλοι μέν ῥα θεοί τε καὶ ἀνέρες ἱπποκορυσταὶ εὗδον παννύχιοι· Δία δ’ οὐκ ἔχε νήδυμος ὕπνος· ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ προτέρῳ μακρά ἐστιν ἡ τελευταία συλλαβή, ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ βραχεῖα.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1402.tlg001.local001/.