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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 1

Section 873 of 882

Canonical reference 3.9.1

Ancient Greek

ὅτι μὲν οὖν εὔρυθμον δεῖ εἶναι τὴν λέξιν καὶ μὴ ἄρρυθμον, καὶ τίνες εὔρυθμον ποιοῦσι ῥυθμοὶ καὶ πῶς ἔχοντες, εἴρηται· τὴν δὲ λέξιν ἀνάγκη εἶναι ἢ εἰρομένην καὶ τῷ συνδέσμῳ μίαν, ὥσπερ αἱ ἐν τοῖς διθυράμβοις ἀναβολαί, ἢ κατεστραμμένην καὶ ὁμοίαν ταῖς τῶν ἀρχαίων ποιητῶν ἀντιστρόφοις.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

The style must be either continuous and united by connecting particles, like the dithyrambic preludes, or periodic, like the antistrophes of the ancient poets. The continuous style is the ancient one; for example,

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

Le style doit être soit continu et uni par des particules de liaison, comme les préludes dithyrambiques, soit périodique, comme les antistrophes des anciens poètes. Le style continu est le style ancien. Par exemple:

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