# Enchridion de Metris 6-3

Hephaestion, Enchridion de Metris, Περὶ ἀναπαιστικοῦ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hephaestion/enchridion-de-metris/6-3

(6) Τὸ δὲ δίμετρον καταληκτικὸν καλεῖται μὲν παροιμιακὸν διὰ τὸ παροιμίας τινὰς ἐν τούτῳ τῷ μέτρῳ εἶναι πότε δ’ Ἄρτεμις οὐκ ἐχόρευσεν (paroem. Gr. ed. Leutsch II p. 229) ― καὶ κόρκορος ἐν λαχάνοισιν (paroem. Gr. I p. 100. 257) ―, ἀλλὰ παροιμίαι εἰσὶ καὶ ἐπικαὶ καὶ ἰαμβικαὶ καὶ οὐ τούτου τοῦ μέτρου μόνου· ὥστ’ οὐκ εἰκότως αὐτὸ μόνον παροιμιακὸν καλοῦσι. Κρατῖνος δὲ ἐν Ὀδυσσεῦσι (144) συνεχεῖ αὐτῷ ἐχρήσατο· σιγάν νυν ἅπας ἔχε σιγάν καὶ πάντα λόγον τάχα πεύσει· ἡμῖν δ’ Ἰθάκη πατρίς ἐστι, πλέομεν δ’ ἅμ’ Ὀδυσσέϊ θείῳ.

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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/.