# Ars rhetorica 4-5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/4-5

Τίθεται δὲ τῶν παραδειγμάτων τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ ὡρισμώνων, ὡς ἐν τῷ κατὰ Μειδίου· „λέγεται τοίνυν κατὰ τὴν παλαιὰν εὐδαιμονίαν Ἀλκιβιάδης γενέσθαι.“ ἀορίστως δʼ οἷον εἰ λέγοις, οὐκ ἐφ᾿ ἡμῶν μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου ἔθος ἔστιν ὑμῖν τοῖς κινδυνεύουσιν βοηθεῖν καὶ κοινὴν παρέχειν τὴν πόλιν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2027.tlg001.local001/.