# Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου 1-10

Hermogenes, Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου, Α, Περὶ ἐπιμελείας καὶ κάλλους.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hermogenes/text-4/1-10

12 Μετὰ τὸν περὶ σαφηνείας τε καὶ ἀξιώματος τοῦ κατὰ μέγεθος λόγον ἀκόλουθον ἂν εἴη λέγειν περὶ ἐπιμελείας τε καὶ κάλλους τοῦ κατʼ αὐτόν· δεῖ γὰρ τῷ σαφεῖ τε καὶ ὄγκον ἔχοντι καὶ ἀξίωμα λόγᾳ πάντως καὶ κάλλους τινὸς καὶ εὐρυθμίας, εἴπερ μὴ ὡς ἀγλευκής τις γενήσεσθαι μέλλοι. τούτῳ δʼ ὅτι μὲν ἐναντίον ἐστὶ τὸ ἀμελὲς καὶ ἄρρυθμον καὶ κατὰ τὴν σύνταξιν εὐτελές, δῆλον· εἰ δέ που καὶ τὸ τοιοῦτο χρήσιμον, ὥσπερ ἐν τραχύτητί τε καὶ σφοδρότητι, ἑτέρου λόγου. Ἀλλὰ περὶ κάλλους τε λεκτέον καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας.

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Hermogenes, Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου, ed. Hugo Rabe. 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/tlg0592.tlg004.local001/.