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ἐν δὲ προλόγοις καὶ ἔπεσι δεῖγμά ἐστιν τοῦ λόγου, ἵνα προειδῶσι περὶ οὗ ᾖ ὁ λόγος καὶ μὴ κρέμηται ἡ διάνοια: τὸ γὰρ ἀόριστον πλανᾷ: ὁ δοὺς οὖν ὥσπερ εἰς τὴν χεῖρα
τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιεῖ ἐχόμενον ἀκολουθεῖν τῷ λόγῳ. διὰ τοῦτο “μῆνιν ἄειδε, θεά
” Hom. Il. 1.1 “ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα
” Hom. Od. 1.1 “ἥγεό μοι λόγον ἄλλον, ὅπως Ἀσίας ἀπὸ γαίης
ἦλθεν ἐς Εὐρώπην πόλεμος μέγας.
” καὶ οἱ τραγικοὶ δηλοῦσι περὶ οὗ τὸ δρᾶμα, κἂν μὴ εὐθὺς
ὥσπερ Εὐριπίδης ἐν τῷ προλόγῳ, ἀλλά πού γε, ὥσπερ καὶ Σοφοκλῆς “ἐμοὶ πατὴρ ἦν Πόλυβος.
” Soph. OT 774 καὶ ἡ κωμῳδία ὡσαύτως. τὸ μὲν οὖν ἀναγκαιότατον ἔργον τοῦ προοιμίου καὶ ἴδιον τοῦτο, δηλῶσαι τί ἐστιν τὸ τέλος οὗ ἕνεκα ὁ λόγος (διόπερ ἂν δῆλον ᾖ καὶ μικρὸν τὸ πρᾶγμα,
οὐ χρηστέον προοιμίῳ):
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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