# Ars rhetorica 3-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/3-7

Διαβάλλεται δὲ νόμος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων, ὅτι καινός, ὅτι οὐκ ἀξιόπιστος ὁ γράψας ἢ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὃ διαγορεύει 11 οὐκ ἀνεκτόν, ἢ ὅτι ταῖς δόξαις πάντων μάχεται, ὅτι διάνοια τοῦ γράψαντος μοχθηρά, ὡς ἐν τῷ κατὰ Ἀριστοκράτους. εἰ δὲ τὸν νόμον μὴ διαβάλλοις, φαίης δὲ οὐ δυνατὸν εἶναι αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ παρόντι χρῆσθαι, ἢ ἐκ διανοίας αὐτὸν ἐξετάσεις, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπὶ τούτοις γέγραπται, κατ᾿ ἀντιπαράστασιν κεφαλαίων. εἰ δὲ καὶ ξενικῷ νόμῳ χρῷο, προσυστήσας τὸ πρόσωπον εἰσάξεις, ὡς Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ Λοκρικῷ νόμῳ.

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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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