Aristotle, Rhetoric, John Henry Freese (Translator), 3.16.7

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[7] 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,¹ and the way in which Phayllus dealt with the epic cycle,² and the prologue to the Oeneus.³

Rhetoric. Aristotle. John Henry Freese (Translator). London. 1926.

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The "Art" of Rhetoric (English) (Aristotle. The "Art" of Rhetoric. Freese, John Henry, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1926 (printing).)

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Ῥητορική Perseus (Aristotle. Aristotelis Ars Rhetorica. Ross, William David, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press,1959 (printing).) — 3.16.7 focus

[7] ἔτι πεπραγμένα δεῖ λέγειν ὅσα μὴ πραττόμενα ἢ οἶκτον ἢ δείνωσιν φέρει· παράδειγμα ὁ Ἀλκίνου ἀπόλογος, ὃς πρὸς τὴν Πηνελόπην ἐν ἑξήκοντα 15 ἔπεσιν πεποίηται, καὶ ὡς Φάϋλλος τὸν κύκλον, καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ Οἰνεῖ πρόλογος.

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1. Hom. Od. 23.264-284 , Hom. Od. 23.310-343 . The title referred to the narrative in Books 9-12. It became proverbial for a long-winded story.

2. he apparently summarized it.

3. Of Euripides. It was apparently very compact.

Aristotle Rhetoric 3.16.7

John Henry Freese (Translator)

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