# Ars rhetorica 39

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/39

Πάθος ποιοῦσι καὶ αἱ ποιότητες τῶν προσώπων ἐξεταζόμεναι, τίς ὢν δεινὰ πέπονθεν, οἷον ὅτι καλὸς κἀγαθός, ἢ ὅτι εὐεργέτης· ὡς περὶ τῶν Φωκέων ὁ Δημοσθένης· τίνες ὄντες ταῦτα πεπόνθασι. καὶ μὴν ὅτι τὴν ἐναντίαν ποτὲ Θηβαίοις ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἔθεντο. πάθος γίνεται καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐναντίου· οὐ μόνον τίς ὢν πέπονθεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ τίνος, ὡς ἐν τῷ περὶ Στράτωνος λόγῳ Δημοσθένης· ,,καὶ ταῦτα πέπονθεν ὑπὸ Μειδίου καὶ τοῦ Μειδίου πλούτου.”

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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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