# Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Δημοσθένει σχημάτων 24

Tiberius Rhetor, Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Δημοσθένει σχημάτων, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/tiberius-rhetor/text/24

Ἀλληγορία μὲν οὖν ἐστὶν ὅταν τῶν κυρίων τι ἑρμηνεύῃ τις ἐν μεταφοραῖς τὸ κύριον σημαίνειν δυναμέναις· πλεῖστον δὲ καὶ ἐναργέστατον παρ᾽ αὐτῷ τὸ σχῆμα ἐπὶ τοῦ Μειδίου, τὸ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσίαις καὶ πλούτῳ εἶναι πονηρόν, τεῖχός ἐστι πρὸς τὸ μηδὲν ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆς παθεῖν· ἐπεὶ περιαιρεθείς γε οὗτος τὰ ὄντα οὐδενός ἐστιν ἄξιος, νῦν δ᾽ οἶμαι τοῦτο προβέβληται. πάσας γὰρ ἐνταῦθα αἱρῆσαι τὰς τοῦ τείχους εἰκόνας.

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Tiberius Rhetor, Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Δημοσθένει σχημάτων, ed. Leonhard von Spengel. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2601.tlg001.local001/.