# P.Herc. 1506 43

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1506, Column 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1506/43

ειν τ ν δυ ητοι γε κ αὶ την σι δειν εὖ ἐπισ τήμη ον π ολιτικη ἐν πε ιρίαν ν πόλε ι ς ι ετρ υ αι σὺν τῶι καὶ τὰ ς προστασίας ἀν αδέχ εσθ αι τῶν πόλεων, ἡ δ ὲ ῥη τορικὴ μετὰ ταύτης προ σειληφυ ῖ α νοεῖται κα ί τ ι να λόγου κατασκευὴν καὶ δύναμιν. ὃς οὖν τὴν ἐν π ει ρίαν τ αύτην ἔχε ι, τῆς δὲ δ εινότ ητος καθυστερεῖ τῆς ἐν λόγωι, πολιτικὴν μὲν ἀνάδηλον ὅτι δύναμιν οὗτος ἔχει, ἧ ι καὶ πολιτικὸς ὑπ άρ χ ει ν, ῥήτωρ δ' οὐχ ὑπάρχειν κ λ ο ὅτι τὴν κατὰ τὰς πόλε ις ἐμ πειρίαν μὲν ἔχου σιν καὶ πολλῶ ν ἔστι τῶν ῥ ητόρων νο ψηφισμάτων καὶ πρ οσ όδων καὶ καὶ τῶν ἄλλ ω ν, ὅ σα πρὸς διοίκησιν ἀνήκει πόλεως, καὶ δῆτα καὶ προστατοῦσιν τῶν πατρί δων

---

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1506. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 3.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1595.dclp62478.local001/.