# Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου 11-4-12

Hermogenes, Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου, 11 to 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hermogenes/text-4/11-4

Τρίτη δὲ ἐπιεικείας μέθοδος ἡ τὸν καθαρὸν ποιοῦσα λόγον, διότι ἡ αὐτὴ καὶ τὸν ἀφελῆ· ὅτι γὰρ τὸν ἐπιεικῆ δόξαντα ἂν εἶναι λέγειν πολὺ τὸ ἀφελὲς ἐμφαινόμενον ἔχειν δεῖ, καὶ ὁ κατὰ μικρὸν λόγου θεωρίας ἐπαΐων συναίσθοιτʼ ἄν. Καὶ μὴν καὶ ἡ λέξις τοῦ ἐπιεικοῦς λόγου ἡ καθαρὰ καὶ ἀφελὴς σχήματά τε καὶ κῶλα καὶ συνθήκη κατὰ ταὐτὰ αἵ τε ἀναπαύσεις καὶ οἱ ῥυθμοὶ ὡσαύτως, εἰ δή τι καὶ ταῦτα δύναται συλλαμβάνειν πρὸς ἐπιεικοῦς λόγου ἔμφασιν.

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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/.