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ὡς διὰ ταῦτα ὀργιζόμενος. προσήκειν δὲ οἴονται πολυωρεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἡττόνων κατὰ γένος, κατὰ δύναμιν, κατ᾽ ἀρετήν,
καὶ ὅλως ἐν ᾧ ἂν αὐτὸς ὑπερέχῃ πολύ, οἷον ἐν χρήμασιν ὁ πλούσιος πένητος καὶ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ῥητορικὸς ἀδυνάτου εἰπεῖν καὶ ἄρχων ἀρχομένου καὶ ἄρχειν ἄξιος οἰόμενος τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι ἀξίου: διὸ εἴρηται
“θυμὸς δὲ μέγας ἐστὶ διοτρεφέων βασιλήων
” Hom. Il. 2.196 καὶ “ἀλλά τε καὶ μετόπισθεν ἔχει κότον:
” Hom. Il. 1.82 ἀγανακτοῦσι γὰρ διὰ τὴν ὑπεροχήν.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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