# P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674 1-2

Philodemus, P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674, Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-425-1079-1086-1580-1674/1-2

οὐ τεχνῖ 33 ται τυγχάνουσιν ὄντες οὐδὲ κέκτηνται τέχνην. Ἀλλὰ μὴν τὸν τὸ δριμὺ μ κρασ τως ἄρξασθαι κα μενον, ὧν εἴπαι τις ἂν τὴν ῥητορικὴν εἶναι τέχνην, καὶ πυνθανόμενον, ἆρα μὴ ποεῖ σώματος ἢ ψυχῆς τιν' ὠφέλειαν, παρὸν ἐπικ ομπάζειν οὐδὲ φυσικῶ ς ι τὴν ἐπιστήμην τις λυχ τῶν ῥητορικῶν· εἰ δὲ δὴ δυς ἐπί γε γραμματικῆς

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674. 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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