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Dionysius of Halicarnassus On Literary Composition

Note 200 — APPENDIX A

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A good practical recipe for brevity combined with clearness is given in the Rhet. ad Alex. c. 30: συντόμως δὲ [δηλώσομεν], ἐὰν ἀπὸ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων περιαιρῶμεν τὰ μὴ ἀναγκαῖα ῥηθῆναι, ταῦτα μόνα καταλείποντες, ὧν ἀφαιρεθέντων ἀσαφὴς ἔσται ὁ λόγος.

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