# P.Herc. Stub 3

Philodemus, P.Herc. Stub, Fragment 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philodemus/p-herc-stub-2/3

ταδ λέγων ῥήτωρ οπ ἀγαθὸς οὔκ ἐσ -τι τ οῦτο πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος ἢ τ ὸ ν πρὸς αὑτὸν ἐχρῆν εἰπεῖν μόνον εὔβου -λον, οὐ ῥήτορα δὲ· σιω -πῶ γὰρ ὅτι καὶ τὸν ἔ -χοντα τὴν ἐμπειρίαν ἀμφὶ τὸ ῥητορεύειν· εἰ δ' ἄ λ λως γίνεται, τῆς τοῦ ῥ ήτορο ς οὐκ ὤφειλεν ἀποσχήσειν προσηγορί -ας καὶ παραινεῖ τὸ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν λέγειν οὐ ῥή τορος· ῥ ήτωρ οὐ λέγει πρὸς αὑ τὸν ἢ μόνον πρὸς ἑαυτῶν ἐχρῆν λέγειν δυναστευτ ικ ὅτι οἰκήσειν το παρα π ρᾶγμα τὸ δη ταδ να νη τὰ πρέποντα λέγει εγ ον αι φα εν γὰρ ε μᾶλλον διατρίβειν πολι τικὴ ν δυναστευτικ ἄλλης παντε

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Philodemus, P.Herc. Stub. 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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