# P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677 26

Philodemus, P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677, Column 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-994-1419-1676-1677/26

δ' ἐξέχειν συνθέ σ εως φ ύσ ει, μ ήτ ε διαφέρειν ὀ νό μ α τα ν ομίζει ἀρί σ τ ων πολλὰ τῶν κακῶν ποητῶν, πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ τελέως ἀπαραλλάκτους ε ἶναι, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τὰ μέτ ρα κ αὶ τοὺς μέτρου ῥυθμοὺ ς εἰώθασι τηρεῖν μᾶλ λο ν δὲ πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ τοὺς πρώτους ὀνομαζομέν ους τῶν προσαγορευομένων ποη τῶν, τῶν διά τινας ἤχους βρ αβεύε ται συλ λαβὰς κω λ ύειν οὓς καὶ δι ανύσας τι καὶ τὰ παρ' αὐτ ῶ ι κ ε ίμενα περὶ μέτρω ν ε ὐ φ ω ν ίας, τὰ περὶ λέξεως ἀποθε ω ρεῖ. ἀφεὶ ς μὲν γὰρ δεῖν ε ἶναι τὴν συνηρμοσμένη ν λέξιν μήτ' ἀκούεσθαι ἀρ

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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/.