# P.Herc. 994, 1419, 1676, 1677 Column e

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-994-1419-1676-1677/Column%20e

ἄρ α, ψυχαγωγίαν ἐ δ ύν ατο ποεῖν τῆι τῶν Λωτοφάγων ὡς καὶ αὐτῆι τῆι τοῦ Νειρέως, ἐπειδὴ τὸ προσηνῶς δὶς τεθὲν ἀεὶ καὶ πολλάκι λεγόμεν ον εὐφραίνει, καὶ τοὺς ἐπικ οὺς οὐ ψυχαγωγεῖν, ὁμοίο υς δ' ἐπικοῖς κ α ὶ τραγικούς, ὥστε, τὸ συνέχον τούτου, δῆλο ν ἔχ ε ιν τὴν ἀνάλογον ἰδιότητ α τὸ δὲ δῆτ', εἴ τινος ἀκοὴν ἐλύπει, οὐδ' ἕν' ἂν εἶπεν χαλκὸν αὐτός. λυπεῖ δ' οὔ πως, καίπερ δυσέκφορον ἢ δύσφωνν ὂν, τ ὸ ῥῆξε σάκος διὰ τ ῶ ν ἰσοδυναμούντων εἰ δὲ φῆι παρατεθέντων ἀκοῆι, ταὐτὸν ἐνόμισε Παυσίμαχος εἶναι τὸ πρὸς ἀκοὴν ἡδὺ καὶ τὸ χαλεπῶς καὶ μετ' ὀ

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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.
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