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[5] ῾η δὲ ῥητορικὴ φρόνησίς ἐστι δήπου περὶ λόγους, ἣν ἐπιδείκνυται παρ᾽ ὅλην τὴν ποίησιν Ὀδυσσεὺς ἐν τῇ διαπείρᾳ, ἐν ταῖς λιταῖς, ἐν τῇ πρεσβείᾳ, ἐν ᾗ φησίν ‘ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ ὄπα τε μεγάλην ἐκ στήθεος εἵη καὶ ἔπεα νιφάδεσσιν ἐοικότα χειμερίῃσιν, οὐκ ἂν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆί γ᾽ ἐρίσσειε βροτὸς ἄλλος.’ τίς ἂν οὖν ὑπολάβοι [p. 22] τὸν δυνάμενον ποιητὴν εἰσάγειν ῥητορεύοντας ἑτέρους καὶ στρατηγοῦντας καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἐπιδεικνυμένους τὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἔργα αὐτὸν εἶναι τῶν φλυάρων ἕνα καὶ τῶν θαυματοποιῶν, γοητεύειν μόνον καὶ κολακεύειν τὸν ἀκροατὴν δυνάμενον, ὠφελεῖν δὲ μηδέν; προτέραν δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἀρετὴν ποιητοῦ λέγοιμεν ἂν ἡντινοῦν ἄλλην ἢ τὴν μιμητικὴν τοῦ βίου διὰ λόγων. πῶς ἂν οὖν μιμοῖτο ἄπειρος ὢν τοῦ βίου καὶ ἄφρων; οὐ γὰρ οὕτω φαμὲν τὴν τῶν ποιητῶν ἀρετὴν ὡσεὶ τεκτόνων ἢ χαλκέων: ἀλλ᾽ ἐκείνη μὲν οὐδενὸς ἔχεται καλοῦ καὶ σεμνοῦ, ἡ δὲ ποιητοῦ συνέζευκται τῇ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οὐχ οἷόν τε ἀγαθὸν γενέσθαι ποιητὴν μὴ πρότερον γενηθέντα ἄνδρα ἀγαθόν.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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