# Ars rhetorica 44

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/valerius-apsines/ars-rhetorica/44

Ἐν τοῖς πάθεσι καὶ αἱ πλάσεις ἐνίοτε, οἷα εἰκὸς εἰρηκέναι ἐχθρὸν ἐπεμβαίνοντα, οἵας φωνὰς ἀφεῖναι τὸν πάσχοντα. τὰ πάθη ὑποπτά ἐστι τοῖς ἀκούουσι· δοκεῖ γάρ τις οὐ θαρρῶν τοῖς λογισμοῖς ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐλεεινὸν καταφεύγειν· διὸ δεῖ ἐμφαίνειν, ὅτι καὶ τοῖς λογισμοῖς τεθαρρήκαμεν, καὶ τὸ πάθος δὲ ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστι λεχθῆναι. δεῖ δὲ τὸ πάθος ἐν τῷ πολιτικῷ μέτρον ἔχειν, ἵνα μὴ εἰς τραγῳδίαν ἐμπέσῃ, πλὴν εἰ μὴ ἡ ὑπόθεσις τραγικὴ εἴη.

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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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