# P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674 7-3

Philodemus, P.Herc. 425, 1079, 1086, 1580, 1674, Fragment 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-425-1079-1086-1580-1674/7-3

ἀτεχνίαν προσδέξασ θαι, διότι τῶν τεχνῶν μάλιστα υτησηθα τα καὶ ταπνευμα μυρί' ἄλλα τὴν κυρ αν ἔχει. Τοὖργον δ' εἶναι μὴ τὸ τέλος, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τὴν γραφὴν τῆς ζωγ ραφίας λέγομεν ἔργον καὶ τὴν κιθάρισιν τῆς κιθαριστικῆς, οὐθὲν ἧττον, λέγει, συμφωνῶν ἑαυτῶι τὸ πείθειν τέλος φάσκει τὸν ἀκροατήν, ὃν τολμᾷ λέγειν δεσπότην. Οἱ δὲ κατ' ἄλλας αἰτίας πείθοντες

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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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