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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 7

Section 785 of 882

Canonical reference 3.16.7

Ancient Greek

ἔτι πεπραγμένα δεῖ λέγειν ὅσα μὴ πραττόμενα ἢ οἶκτον ἢ δείνωσιν φέρει· παράδειγμα ὁ Ἀλκίνου ἀπόλογος, ὃς πρὸς τὴν Πηνελόπην ἐν ἑξήκοντα ἔπεσιν πεποίηται, καὶ ὡς Φάϋλλος τὸν κύκλον, καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ Οἰνεῖ πρόλογος.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Again, one should only mention such past things as are likely to excite pity or indignation if described as actually happening; for instance, the story of Alcinous, because in the presence of Penelope it is reduced to sixty lines, and the way in which Phayllus dealt with the epic cycle, and the prologue to the Oeneus .

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

En outre, il ne faut mentionner parmi les choses passées que celles qui sont propres à susciter la pitié ou l'indignation si on les décrit comme se produisant actuellement. Ainsi en va-t-il du récit d'Alcinoos, qui, devant Pénélope, est réduit à soixante vers, de la manière dont Phayllos traita le cycle épique, et du prologue de l'Œnée.

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