# P.Herc. 1538 5

Philodemus, P.Herc. 1538, Fragment 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-1538/5

τὸ πολυτελῶς καὶ ἐμβριθῶς καὶ μὴ εὐτελῶς μηδ' ἐλαφρῶς, τοῦτο δ' εἶναι κατὰ τὴν χ εῖρα καὶ τὴν πραγματείαν τοῦ ποιητοῦ, καθάπερ ὕλην ἔχοντος τῶν προσώπων καὶ ἠθῶν πολυτέλειαν καὶ μύθων ἰδίων σκέψιν καὶ ὑποθέσεων καὶ τῆς ἐν τούτοις ἀληθείας καὶ ἰδιότητος, ἐπιζητῶ τίνα τὰ στερεὰ καὶ μείζω καλεῖ ποιήματα αρα

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 1538. 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.
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