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Κατὰ δὲ τὴν σύνθεσιν ὁ χαρακτὴρ οὗτος γίνοιτ̓ ἂν πρῶτον μὲν εἰ κόμματα ἔχοι ἀντὶ κώλων: τὸ γὰρ μῆκος ἐκλύει τὴν σφοδρότητα, τὸ δὲ ἐν ὀλίγῳ πολὺ ἐμφαινόμενον δεινότερον: παράδειγμα τὸ Λακεδαιμονίων πρὸς Φίλιππον, ῾Διονύσιος ἐν Κορίνθῳ:᾿ εἰ δὲ ἐξέτειναν αὐτό, ῾Διονύσιος ἐκπεσὼν τῆς ἀρχῆς πτωχεύει ἐν Κορίνθῳ διδάσκων γράμματα,᾿ διήγημα σχεδὸν ἂν ἦν μᾶλλον ἀντὶ λοιδορίας.
Demetrius of Phaleron. Demetrius On style. W. Rhys (William Rhys) Roberts. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1902. Keyboarding.
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