# Ars rhetorica 12-2

Valerius Apsines, Ars rhetorica, ΠΕΡΙ ΠΡΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΕΩΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/12-2

494 Ἀπὸ ἐπαγγελίας δὲ καθιστάμεθα, ὁπόταν οἱ ἀκούοντες ἐπιζητῶσι τόδε τι κεφάλαιον, δηλονότι τὸ συνέχον, σύ δὲ λέγῃς σπεύδειν μὲν ἐπʼ αὐτὸ καὶ ἡδέως ἂν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιήσασθαι, εἶναι δὲ ἀναγκαῖον ἄλλα τινὰ πρὸ αὐτοῦ εἰπεῖν, ἢ ὁπόταν δοκῇς μέρει τινὶ τῶν κεφαλαίων ἀσθενὴς εἶναι καὶ λέγῃς μὴ οὕτως ἀσθενῆ δείξειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἰσχυρότατα ἢ ὁπόταν τοῦ ἐναντίου δοκοῦντος ἰσχυρίζεσθαί τινι κεφαλαίῳ λέγῃς ἐπαγγελλόλενος, 4 οὐ πρὸς ἐκείνου μᾶλλον ἢ πρὸς ἡμῶν εἶναι.

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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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