Rhet gre 1417b13-16ἀλλ’ ἐάν περ διήγησις ᾖ, τῶν (14) γενομένων ἔστω, ἵνα ἀναμνησθέντες ἐκείνων βέλτιον βου(15)λεύσωνται περὶ τῶν ὕστερον, ἢ διαβάλλοντος ἢ ἐπαινοῦν(16)τος·
Rhys Roberts 1924 engIn political oratory there is very little opening for narration; nobody can ‘narrate’ what has not yet happened.
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