Aristotle, Rhetoric, John Henry Freese (Translator), 3.9.5

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[5] A period may be composed of clauses, or simple. The former is a complete sentence, distinct in its parts and easy to repeat in a breath, not divided like the period in the line of Sophocles above, but when it is taken as a whole.¹ By clause I mean one of the two parts of this period, and by a simple period one that consists of only one clause.

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).) — 3.9.5 focus

[5] περίοδος δὲ ἡ μὲν ἐν κώλοις ἡ δʼ ἀφελής. ἔστιν δʼ ἐν κώλοις μὲν λέξις ἡ τετελειωμένη τε καὶ διῃρημένη καὶ 15 εὐανάπνευστος, μὴ ἐν τῇ διαιρέσει †ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ περίοδος,† ἀλλʼ ὅλη (κῶλον δʼ ἐστὶν τὸ ἕτερον μόριον ταύτης)· ἀφελῆ δὲ λέγω τὴν μονόκωλον.

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Rhetoric

1. It does not consist in simply dividing off any words from the context as the speaker pleases, but the parts of the sentence as a whole are properly constructed and distinguished and the sense also is complete.

Aristotle Rhetoric 3.9.5

John Henry Freese (Translator)

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