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Οἷον καὶ ἐν τοῖς τοιοῖσδε: δεῖ τὰ γενόμενα οὐκ εὐθὺς λέγειν, ὅτι ἐγένετο, ἀλλὰ κατὰ μικρόν, κρεμνῶντα τὸν ἀκροατὴν καὶ ἀναγκάζοντα συναγωνιᾶν. τοῦτο ὁ Κτησίας ἐν τῇ ἀγγελίᾳ τῇ περὶ Κύρου τεθνεῶτος ποιεῖ. ἐλθὼν γὰρ ὁ ἄγγελος οὐκ εὐθὺς λέγει ὅτι ἀπέθανεν Κῦρος παρὰ τὴν Παρυσάτιν: τοῦτο γὰρ ἡ λεγομένη ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσίς ἐστιν: ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν ἤγγειλεν, ὅτι νικᾷ, ἡ δὲ ἥσθη καὶ ἠγωνίασεν: μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷ, βασιλεὺς δὲ πῶς πράττει; ὁ δὲ πέφευγέ φησι: καὶ ἣ ὑπολαβοῦσα: Τισσαφέρνης γὰρ αὐτῷ τούτων αἴτιος: καὶ πάλιν ἐπανερωτᾷ: Κῦρος δὲ ποῦ νῦν; ὁ δὲ ἄγγελος ἀμείβεται: ἔνθα χρὴ τοὺς ἀγαθοὺς ἄνδρας αὐλίζεσθαι. κατὰ μικρὸν καὶ κατὰ βραχὺ προϊὼν μόλις, τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον, ἀπέρρηξεν αὐτό, μάλα ἠθικῶς καὶ ἐναργῶς τόν τε ἄγγελον ἐμφήνας [p. 170] ἀκουσίως ἀγγελοῦντα τὴν συμφοράν, καὶ τὴν μητέρα εἰς ἀγωνίαν ἐμβαλὼν καὶ τὸν ἀκούοντα.
Demetrius of Phaleron. Demetrius On style. W. Rhys (William Rhys) Roberts. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1902. Keyboarding.
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