# Ars rhetorica 11-5

Valerius Apsines, Ars rhetorica, ΠΕΡΙ ΤΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΛΙΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΗΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/11-5

Τὸ δίκαιον διχόθεν συνίσταται ἀπὸ προσώπου ἢ ἀπὸ πράγματος· ἀπὸ μὲν προσώπου· δίκαιον βοηθεῖν, ἀστυγείτονες γάρ, εἰ οὓτω τύχοι, ἢ ὁμογενεῖς ἢ φίλοι ἢ εὐεργέται· ἢ πάλιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων, εἰ τιμωρεῖσθαι κελεύοις, ὅτι ἐχθροί, ὅτι προϋπῆρξαν, ὅτι ἀλλόφυλοι. ἀπὸ δὲ πράγματος, ὅτι ἴσον, ὅτι πρὸς τὴν ἀξίαν, ὅτι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς τὰ δίκαια φρονήσασιν οὕτως ἔδοξεν.

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Valerius Apsines, Ars rhetorica, 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.
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