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ἔστιν δὲ καὶ τὰ ἀστεῖα τὰ πλεῖστα διὰ μεταφορᾶς καὶ
ἐκ τοῦ προσεξαπατᾶν: μᾶλλον γὰρ γίγνεται δῆλον ὅ τι ἔμαθε παρὰ τὸ ἐναντίως ἔχειν, καὶ ἔοικεν λέγειν ἡ ψυχὴ “ὡς ἀληθῶς, ἐγὼ δὲ ἥμαρτον”. καὶ τῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων δὲ τὰ ἀστεῖά ἐστιν ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὅ φησι λέγειν, οἷον τὸ Στησιχόρου, ὅτι οἱ τέττιγες ἑαυτοῖς χαμόθεν ᾁσονται. καὶ τὰ εὖ ᾐνιγμένα
διὰ τὸ αὐτὸ ἡδέα （μάθησις γάρ ἐστι καὶ μεταφορά）, καὶ （ὃ λέγει Θεόδωρος） τὸ καινὰ λέγειν. γίγνεται δὲ ὅταν παράδοξον ᾖ, καὶ μή, ὡς ἐκεῖνος λέγει, πρὸς τὴν ἔμπροσθεν δόξαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς γελοίοις τὰ παραπεποιημένα （ὅπερ δύναται καὶ τὰ παρὰ γράμμα σκώμματα:
ἐξαπατᾷ γάρ）, καὶ ἐν τοῖς μέτροις: οὐ γὰρ ὥσπερ ὁ ἀκούων ὑπέλαβεν: “ἔστειχε δ᾽ ἔχων ὑπὸ ποσσὶ χίμεθλα:
” ὁ δ᾽ ᾤετο πέδιλα ἐρεῖν. τούτου δ᾽ ἅμα λεγομένου δεῖ δῆλον εἶναι. τὰ δὲ παρὰ γράμμα ποιεῖ οὐχ ὃ λέγει λέγειν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ μεταστρέφει ὄνομα, οἷον τὸ Θεοδώρου εἰς Νίκωνα
τὸν κιθαρῳδὸν “θράξει σε”, προσποιεῖται γὰρ λέγειν τὸ “Θρᾷξ εἶ σύ” καὶ ἐξαπατᾷ: ἄλλο γὰρ λέγει.
διὸ μαθόντι ἡδύ, ἐπεὶ εἰ μὴ ὑπολαμβάνει Θρᾷκα εἶναι, οὐ δόξει ἀστεῖον εἶναι.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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