# P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677 11-14

Philodemus, P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677, 11 to 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-994-1419-1676-1677/11

ἀπο λ ε ίπων, τ ὴ ν διάθεσιν παρ αιτούμενο ι ἢ ἐφ ιέμενοι τ ὰ παράνομα. τό γε λεγόμεν ο ν ὑπὸ τούτων εὔφωνον καὶ κακόφωνον οὐδὲ ν πονηρὸ ν ὑπογράφειν ἀνάλογον. τί γὰρ δεῖ λέγειν τὸ τοῦ καλοῦ ἢ τοῦ κακοῦ ποητὴν λογισθήσεσθαι ΣΩ ΗΣ ΕΠΕΙΜΟ ΤΗΣ ΟΥΝ πᾶν οὖν βυβλίον δυνατὸν μὲν τοίνυν ἦν. εἰ δὲ τῶι μικρὸν τοῦτ' ὂν ἐλέγετο, μήθ' ὅπως ὤιετο γραπτὸν ὥστ' ἐφάπτειν ἅπαντα, Παυσίμαχος ὁ κριτικὸς ἆρά γε ὂν ἐν εὐηχίαι τὸ καλὸν

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Philodemus, P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677. 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.dclp62433.local001/.