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τὸ δὲ εὖ ἐστὶν ὅταν μεταφορὰ ᾖ: ἔστιν γὰρ εἰκάσαι τὴν ἀσπίδα φιάλῃ Ἄρεως καὶ τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας, καὶ τὸ τὸν Νικήρατον φάναι Φιλοκτήτην εἶναι δεδηγμένον ὑπὸ Πράτυος, ὥσπερ εἴκασεν Θρασύμαχος ἰδὼν τὸν Νικήρατον ἡττημένον ὑπὸ Πράτυος ῥαψῳδοῦντα,
κομῶντα δὲ καὶ αὐχμηρὸν ἔτι. ἐν οἷς μάλιστά τ᾽ ἐκπίπτουσιν οἱ ποιηταὶ ἐὰν μὴ εὖ, καὶ ἐὰν εὖ, εὐδοκιμοῦσιν: λέγω δ᾽ ὅταν ἀποδιδῶσιν: “ὥσπερ σέλινον οὖλα τὰ σκέλη φορεῖ.
ὥσπερ Φιλάμμων ζυγομαχῶν τῷ κωρύκῳ.
”
καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντ᾽ εἰκόνες εἰσίν. αἱ δ᾽ εἰκόνες ὅτι μεταφοραί, εἴρηται πολλάκις.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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