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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 9

Section 776 of 882

Canonical reference 3.15.9

Ancient Greek

ἄλλος ἐκ τοῦ διαβολῆς κατηγορεῖν, ἡλίκον, καὶ τοῦτο, ὅτι ἄλλας κρίσεις ποιεῖ, καὶ ὅτι οὐ πιστεύει τῷ πράγματι. κοινὸς δʼ ἀμφοῖν ὁ τόπος τὸ σύμβολα λέγειν, οἷον ἐν τῷ Τεύκρῳ ὁ Ὀδυσσεὺς ὅτι οἰκεῖος τῷ Πριάμῳ· ἡ γὰρ Ἡσιόνη ἀδελφή· ὁ δὲ ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἐχθρὸς τῷ Πριάμῳ, ὁ Τελαμών, καὶ ὅτι οὐ κατεῖπε τῶν κατασκόπων.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Another method consists in attacking slander, showing how great an evil it is, and this because it alters the nature of judgements, and that it does not rely on the real facts of the case. Common to both parties is the topic of tokens, as in the Teucer , Odysseus reproaches Teucer with being a relative of Priam, whose sister his mother Hesione was; to which Teucer replied that his father Telamon was the enemy of Priam, and that he himself did not denounce the spies.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Une autre méthode consiste à attaquer la calomnie, en montrant quel grand mal elle constitue, parce qu'elle altère la nature des jugements et qu'elle ne s'appuie pas sur les faits réels de la cause. Le lieu des signes est commun aux deux parties. Ainsi, dans le Teucer, Ulysse reproche à Teucer d'être parent de Priam, dont sa mère Hésione était la sœur. Teucer répond que son père Télamon était l'ennemi de Priam et que lui-même n'avait pas dénoncé les espions.

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