XIV. POLUS 1. Sud. s. v. 彃僇銜諫: ., 廒庥帢帠帢彖彃彖怷, 彃用晅, 弮彄僇銜銜諺 帤廔 怷庣廔棲 彃僇 峎弇帢庣, 帤庣帤峎庥帢弇怷 庣庥弮彖巹怷. 廒帠帢庰 帠庰彖庰帢弇怷帠巹帢彖 彃僇 廒廔 廒樁銜團諺 帢庰峎彖彖 廒弇弇峸彖彖 庥帢廔 帣帢帣峎彖 庥帢廔 彃剿 廒庥帢怷 廒峸弇弇帢徆庰, 庣彖廔紮 帤廔 帢廔廔 帢弮峎怷 廒庣帠峎怷庣. 彖庰彃僇 庥帢峎弇怷帠怷彖. 庰廔 弇峟徆庰.
1A. Plato, Theages 127E-128A 廒庰庣帢 庰廒 廒帢 彃 弮廔統 彃僇 怷弇庣庣庥彃僇 廒彖帤彃僇 彖怷巹帢 庰峎帠庢 廔帤庰 庥帢帢怷彖庰彃, 廒弇弇怷 帤峟 庣彖帢 庤庢庰彃 怷廒 帢庣帤庰庰庣彖 廒帢帠帠峟弇弇怷彖帢庣 怷廒煎諺 庰 庰廒僇諄敖 彖峟怷 廒彖庛怷, 廒庣彖 廒彖帢彃缶裕 庥帢廔 帤庣庥怷 廔 庰彃怷 庥帢廔 怷帠巹帢 [128a] 廔 庰怷彖彃彖怷 庥帢廔 彃僇銜諫 廔 廒庥帢帠帢彖彃彖怷 庥帢廔 廒弇弇怷庣 怷弇弇怷巹, 怷廒 怷廔 怷怷巹 庰廒區庣彖 廔甩庰 庰廒區 廔區 弇庰庣 廒區彖庰 庰巹庛怷庣 彃僇 彖峟彖 怷廔磁 帠庰彖彖帢庣怷峎怷 庰 庥帢廔 弇怷庣峎怷怷廒煙 廒徆庰庣彖 彃僇 怷弇庣彃僇 彄 廒彖 帣怷弇彖帢庣 怷彃庥帢 彖庰彃彖帢庣 怷怷 庰巹庛怷庣彖 廒怷弇庰巹怷彖帢 廔區 廒庥庰巹彖彖 彖怷巹帢 帢廔怷彃 彖庰彃彖帢庣, 怷庥帢帢庣庛峟彖帢 廒帠庣怷彖 峎彖 怷弇廔 弮庣庛彖, 庥帢廔 峎庣彖 廔裒 怷怷庣 庰廒匿棒倀諄敖.
1B. Plato, Gorgias 527a 彖彃缶 帤廔 廔彄煙 廔庣 庰彃 廔彖庰 廔弮庰彃, 怷廒舜庰 怷帢怷巹 廒庰 彃僇 彖彃缶 廒弇弇峸彖彖, 庰 庥帢廔 彃僇銜諫 庥帢廔 [527b] 怷帠巹帢, 怷廔庥 廒庰庰 廒怷帤庰彃徆帢庣 廔＋ 帤庰彃 廒弇弇怷彖 庣彖廔 帣巹怷彖 庤彃彖 廒 怷彃羊怷彖, 廔庰 庥帢廔 廒庥庰彃庰 帢巹彖庰帢庣 弮峟彖.
1C. Lucianus, Herodotus 3.3-4 廔庰 廔庰怷彖 庥帢帢彖怷峸帢彖庰, 廒巹怷弮彖 庣彖帢 帢庢彖 廔帤廔裕 廒 帠彖彃剿庣彖, 廒圖巹帢 庰 廔 廒庣庣怷 帢廔彃僇 怷庣廔棲 庥帢廔 帤庣庥怷 廔 庰彃怷 庥帢廔 廒彖帢徆庣弮峟彖庢 廔 峓彃怷 庥帢廔 彃僇銜諫 廔 廒庥帢帠帢彖彃彖怷 庥帢廔 廒弇弇怷庣 彖怷廔 弇帠怷 廒弇庰帠怷彖 廒庰廔 庥帢廔 帢廔怷廔 廔裒 廔棒 帢彖峸帠庣彖, 廒彄 廔形 帠彖庣弮怷庣 廒彖 帣帢庰彃 廒帠巹帠彖怷彖怷. [4] 帢廔 巹 怷庣 怷廔磁 帢弇帢庣怷廔磁 廒庥庰巹彖怷 弇峟帠 怷庣廔區 庥帢廔 帠帠帢峟帢 庥帢廔 弇怷帠怷帠峎怷;
1D. Aristoteles, Rhet. 2.23.29 1400b 庥帢廔 廒戕帤庣庥怷 帢弮帢怷彖 廒庰廔 庛帢弮帢怷 庰廒嗯, 庥帢廔 彃僇銜諺 廒庰廔 廔 彃僇銜諫 庰廒嗯, 庥帢廔 峎庥怷彖帢 廔裕 彖怷弮怷庛峟庢彖, 廔庣 怷廔庥 廒彖 廒彖庛怷 怷廒 彖弮怷庣 廒弇弇廔 帤峎庥怷彖怷 (帢弇庰怷廔 帠峎).
1E. Anonymi In Aristotelis artem rhetoricam commentarium. Page 146 line 24. 廔 彃僇銜諫 弮帢庛庢廔棲 庥帢廔 帢彃 廒缶 怷彃 怷帠巹怷.
1F. Scholion in Iamblichi Vitam Pythagorei p. 198 Nauck 廔區 廒廔區 彃 帤庣帢弇庰庥庣庥彃 帢帢帤怷. 廔甩庰 廒庥 庛帢帠怷 廒反徆帢怷 廒 帤庣帢弇庰庥庣庥峸, 廔＋帢 帤廔 廒 彃用煙怷庣庥峸繚 峇庣巹帢 帠廔區 庥帢廔 怷帠巹帢 庥帢廔 彃僇銜諫 廒弮庰帤怷庥弇峟怷 怷彃 庛帢帠怷庰巹怷 弮帢庛庢帢巹.
2. Schol. Clarkiani in Plat. Gorg. 465 D: 廒彖帢徆帢帠庰庣怷 帠廔區 廒缶 彃 怷帢庣峟庰庣 廔 彃僇銜諫, 庥帢庛峎庰 廔 怷帠巹帢 廒弮庰帤庥弇庰庣怷.
3. Plato Gorg. 462 : (彃僇銜諫) 廒弇弇廔 巹 怷庣 帤怷庥庰彃 廒 彃用煙怷庣庥廔 庰廒僇諄敖; 峉. 彄僇割樁, 廔 彃 廔 怷庣彃帢庣 峟彖庢彖 廒彖 彃 帠帠峎弮弮帢庣, 廔 廒帠廔 廒彖帢帠怷 廒彖峟帠彖彖. 彃僇銜諫 巹 怷彃羊怷 弇峟帠庰庣; 峉庥峎庢 廒弮庰庣巹帢彖 廒帠帠峟 庣彖帢. Ubi schol.: 廒庥 怷彃羊怷 帤彃弇怷彖 廔庣 怷廔 廔 廒徆 廒彃 怷彃 彃僇銜諫 弇帠怷 (Gorg. 448 C, vide infra) 帢廔怷峟帤庣怷 廒缶, 廒弇弇廔 帠帠帢弮弮帢. Mera haec est coniectura. Vide sequentia.
4. Syrianus in Hermog. II p. 8, 23 R.: 彃僇銜諫 廔 怷庣廔棲 廔 怷帠巹怷 弮帢庛庢廔棲 廒彖 彃 峟彖彃 庢巹繚 怷弇弇帢廔 峟彖帢庣 廒彖 廒彖庛怷庣 庰廒區廔僇 廒庥 彃僇 廒弮庰庣庣彃僇 廒弮庰巹 庰廔庢弮峟彖帢庣. Sic etiam 弇庣帢 庰廒區 峎庰庣 W IV 44, 14. Cf. 6.
5. Aristot. metaph. (1, 1) 981 a 3: 廒 弮廔統 帠廔區 廒弮庰庣巹帢 峟彖庢彖 廒怷巹庢庰彖, 廔＋ 庢廔 彃僇銜諫, 廔庛彃剿 弇峟帠彖, 廒 帤宎 廒庰庣巹帢 庢彖. (Rad.) Fortasse ex Gorgia Platonis. Vide seq. Arti tribuit Capelle, Hermae 57, 265.
5A. Alexander, In Aristotelis metaphysica commentaria P.5.13. 廔庣 帤廔 怷廒 弮廔 弮庰 廒弮庰庣巹帢 庣 怷庣怷彃缶誕庰 廒廔 庢 廒庥怷弇怷庛怷彃缶 廔 峟弇怷 廒怷庣彖, 廒弇弇 怷廔庥 廒庥 怷彖怷巹帢 庥帢廔 峟彖庢, 廔＋ 廒弇庰帠庰 彃僇銜諫, 帤彃弇怷彖. Cf. Joannes Galenus, Allegoriae in Hesiodi theogoniam P. 314.16-20 廒庥 帤 廒弮庰庣巹帢 峟彖庢 廒 廒庣峸弮庢, 庥帢庛峎 庢庣 彃僇銜諫 廔 庣弇怷怷. 庥廒彖 帠廔區 廒庥 帤 廒弮庰庣巹帢 峟彖庢 廒 廒庣峸弮庢, 庥帢庛峎 庢庣 彃僇銜諫 廔 庣弇怷怷. 庥廒彖 帠廔區 廔彃僇誕庰 廒 廒庥怷怷彖庰 廒 庥帢廔 廒彖庰帠怷彃缶誕庰, 弇廔棒 廒庰弇彃剿, 弇弇 廒帢 弮帢彖庛峎彖怷庣彖 怷廒 廒彖庛怷庣 廒帠帢 庥帢廔 彃 彖帢庣弇巹帢 庥帢廔 彃 帠庰帠庣庥彃 庥帢廔 彃 帢庣庣庥彃.
6. Plato Gorg. 448 C (Polus): 怷弇弇帢廔 峟彖帢庣 廒彖 廒彖庛怷庣 庰廒區廔僇 廒庥 彃僇 廒弮庰庣庣彃僇 廒弮庰巹 庢廔庢弮峟彖帢庣. 廒弮庰庣巹帢 弮廔統 帠廔區 怷庣庰彃 廔裕 帢廒唸蕊彖帢 廒﹡澄蕊彖 怷庰庰庛帢庣 庥帢廔 峟彖庢彖, 廒庰庣巹帢 帤廔 庥帢廔 庢彖. 廒庥峎彖 帤廔 怷彖 弮庰帢弇帢弮帣峎彖怷庣彖 廒弇弇怷庣 廒弇弇彖 廒弇弇, 彃僇 帤廔 廒巹彖 怷廒 廒庣怷庣. 廔形 庥帢廔 怷帠巹帢 廒廔僇 廔帤庰, 庥帢廔 弮庰峟庰庣 彃 庥帢弇弇巹庢 彃僇 庰彖彃僇 (i. e. 彃用煙怷庣庥彃).
7. Ibid. 448 D (de Pol怷): 廔棒 庥帢弇怷弮峟彖庢彖 彃用煙怷庣庥廔棒 弮彄僇銜銜諺 弮庰弮庰弇峟庢庥庰彖 廒 帤庣帢弇峟帠庰庛帢庣.
8. Plato Gorg. 472 C: 廒庣 弮廔統 怷廔彖 怷廔 庣 怷 廒弇峟帠怷 (sc. 帤庣廔 弮帢彖), 廔＋ 庰 (Polus) 怷廒棒舒 庥帢廔 廒弇弇怷庣 怷弇弇怷巹. (cf. 471E 廔 弮帢庥峎庣庰, 彃用煙怷庣庥彃剿 帠峎 弮庰 廒庣庰庣庰彃 廒弇峟帠庰庣彖, 廔甩庰 怷廒 廒彖 怷彃 帤庣庥帢庢巹怷庣 廒﹡割諫弮庰彖怷庣 廒弇峟帠庰庣彖. 庥帢廔 帠廔區 廒庥庰彃 怷廒 廒庰怷庣 怷廔磁 廒峟怷 帤怷庥怷彃羊庣彖 廒弇峟帠庰庣彖, 廒庰庣帤廔匿 彃僇 弇帠彖 廔形 廒彖 弇峟帠庣 弮峎帢 怷弇弇怷廔磁 帢峟彖帢庣 庥帢廔 庰廔帤怷庥巹弮怷, 廔 帤廔 廒彖帢彖巹帢 弇峟帠彖 廒彖帢 庣彖廔 帢峟庢帢庣 廒 弮庢帤峟彖帢.)
9. Philostr. vit. Soph. 1.12 (497, p. 210, 22 K.): 彃僇銜諺 帤廔 廔裕 廒庥帢帠帢彖彃彖怷彖 怷帠巹帢 怷庣廔棒 廒徆庰弮庰弇峟庢庰 怷弇弇彃僇, 廔＋ 帢巹, 庢弮峎彖... 庰廒區廔 帤峟, 怷廒 帢庣 庥帢廔 廔 峎庣帢 庥帢廔 廔 廒彖巹庛庰帢 庥帢廔 廔 廔弮怷庣怷峟弇庰帢 彃僇銜諺 庰廔庢庥峟彖帢庣 彃剿怷彖, o廔庥 廔庛彃剿 弇峟帠怷彖庰. 彃 帠廔區 怷庣彄煎棒 廒帠弇帢彃彄 怷彃 弇帠怷 彃僇銜諫 庰廔庢弮峟彖彃 庥帢庰峸帢怷. 廔庛庰彖 廔 弇峎彖 帤庣帢彖 帢廔廔裕 廒廔 彃 庣弇怷庣弮巹彄 帢彃 庢巹彖繚 廔 弇彃煙庰 彃僇銜, 廒舒諄 庰 怷庰巹 庥帢廔 峟.
10. Plato Phaedr. 267 B/C: 廔 帤廔 弇怷 彃剿 峎弮庰彖 帢廔 弮怷庰彃帢 弇帠彖, 廔＋ 帤庣弇帢庣怷弇怷帠巹帢彖 庥帢廔 帠彖弮怷弇怷帠巹帢彖 庥帢廔 庰廒匿睡諺諄諺銜諺割翁敖, 廔彖怷弮峎彖 庰 庣庥弮彖庰巹彖, 廒 廒庥庰巹彖彃 廒帤峸帢怷 廔裒 怷巹庢庣彖 庰廔庰庰巹帢; Cf. Phaedr. 269 A: 巹 帤峟; 廔裕 弮庰弇巹帠庢彖 廒帤帢怷彖 怷廒區弮庰庛帢 廒 庥帢廔 庰庣庥弇峟帢, 庰廒 廒庥怷庰庣帢彖 廔形 彖彃缶 帤廔 廒﹡樁菲 帤庣彃弮庰彖 彃僇 帢帠庥峎弇彖 庰彖庢弮峎彖, 帣帢弇怷帠庣彃僇 庰 庥帢廔 庰廒匿睡諺諄諺銜諺割嫗蕊彖 庥帢廔 廔帢 廒弇弇帢 帤庣庰弇庛彖庰 廔宎 帢廔帠廔區 廒帢弮庰彖 庰廒僇諄敖 庥庰峟帢, 庰怷彖 帢弇庰彃剿 廒彖 帢廔怷廔磁 廔甩庰 廒帠 庰 庥帢廔 廔 廔宎 廒帠怷庣庥巹帢 彃丟弮峎 庣 庰廒區庰彃彖 廒帢巹帤庰怷彖 庰廒區 怷廔磁 帢彃羊帢 帠庰帠帢帢 庰 庥帢廔 帤庣帤峎庥怷彖帢 廔＋ 彃用煙怷庣庥廔棒 峟彖庢彖... Vetat Dionysus deus in certamine poetarum apud Aristophanem 庰廒匿磁彖帢 弇峟帠庰庣彖 Ran. 906. De 帠彖弮怷弇怷帠巹彄 v. H. Fromm, Quomodo oratores Attici sententiis usi sint (Diss. Strab. 1912) 2 sq.
11. Hermias in Plat. Phaedr. p. 239, 6 (p. 191 Ast): 廒庥庰彃彖怷 (sc. Polus) 帠峎, 庢巹彖 (sc. Plat怷), 廒徆庢彃羊庰 廔 峎庣帢繚 帤庣廔 庥帢廔 弮怷庰彃帢 弇帠彖 廒庥峎弇庰庰彖, 廒庰庣帤廔 廒帤庥庰庣 彃 庥帢弇弇庣弇庰徆巹彄 峎彖 庥怷弮庰彃彖 廔裕 弇帠怷彖繚 帤庣弇帢庣怷弇怷帠巹帢彖 帤廔 廔 廔 帢廔廔 帤廔剿 弇峟帠庰庣彖, 怷廒煎諺 庰彃 庰彃. Interpretationem 帤庣弇帢庣怷弇怷帠巹帢 veram non esse, quia ad actionem potius quam ad stilum pertineret, Spengel statuit. Heindorf quidem artem voces compositas fingendi putaverat intellegi, quae coniectura haud improbabilis videri potest, postquam dithyrambi recentioris artificia ex Timothei Persis cognovimus (v. Proclum apud Photium Bibl. 320 b 18), nec vero obstat, quod Aristoteles in prorsa oratione 帤庣弇彄 廔彖弮帢帢 庥帢廔 庰怷庣庢弮峟彖帢 plerumque vitanda esse censuit, quia Poli oratio poetico colore sine dubio imbuta fuit. Ipse Spengel Poli 帤庣弇帢庣怷弇怷帠巹帢彖 nihil nisi 廒區庥弇帢 et 峎庣帢, cum eadem bis dicantur, 廒彖帢帤巹弇庣彖 fuisse iudicavit, velut 庣弇帤怷 庰廔弮庰彖庰巹帢, 廒帤怷 帤弮庰彖庰巹帢. Usener vero Anaximenis 廔棒 庰廒區 帤廔銜 弇峟徆庣彖 (c. 24) Poli invento adnexuerat (Quaest. Anaxim. p. 38). 弮怷庰彃帢 弇帠彖 denique interpretanda secundum Aristophanem, qui 庰弇庣帤彖彖 弮怷庰彃帢 finxit de operibus malorum poetarum: non igitur possunt esse 廔彖弮帢帢 弮怷庣庥彃剿 帠庥庰巹弮庰彖帢 (Norden, Antike Kunstprosa I2 p. 74, 1) nec vero Tummelpl瓣tze der Rede. Immo 弮怷庰彃帢 ipsae sunt orationes. Certe autem Polus 廔 峎庣帢 non invenit, sed Gorgias et Polus tamquam talium argutiarum amatores praecipui etiam a Syriano iuxta ponuntur in Hermog. I p. 64, 20 R.
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XIV. POLUS 1. Suda s.v. Polus: P(olus) of Agrigentum, a rhetorician, or rather one of the ancient sophists, teacher of Licymnius. He wrote a genealogy of those who fought in the Trojan War, Greeks and non-Greeks, and how each ended up. But some have ascribed it to Damastus. He wrote a Catalogue of Ships and On Style.
1A. Plato, Theages 127E-128A And moreover, if Theages here does despise the instruction of our statesmen, and is looking for some other persons who profess to be able to educate young people, we have here Prodicus of Ceos, Gorgias of Leontini, Polus of Agrigentum, [128a] and many more, who are so wise that they go to our cities and persuade the noblest and wealthiest of our young menwho have the choice of learning from any citizen they choose, free of charge; they persuade them to abandon that instruction and learn from them, with a deposit, besides, of a large sum of money as their fee, and to feel thankful in addition.
1B. Plato, Gorgias 527a-b But as it is, you observe that you three, who are the wisest of the Greeks in our dayyou (Callicles) and Polus and Gorgias[527b] are unable to prove that we ought to live any other life than this, which is evidently advantageous also in the other world.
1C. Lucianus, Herodotus 3.4 They later understood. This was the short-cut to knowledge. Hippias, a native of the place, was the sophist, and he and Prodicus from Ceos and Anaximenes from Chios and Polus from Agrigentum and many others always spoke in person before the festival and so soon became well known. But why need I mention those old sophists, historians, and storytellers?
1D. Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.23.29 1400b Herodicus said of Thrasymachus, You are ever bold in fight, and of Polus, You are ever Polus (colt) by name and colt by nature, and of Draco the legislator that his laws were not those of a man, but of a dragon, so severe were they.
1E. Anonymous Commentary on Aristotle's Rhetoric: Polus was a student and slave of Gorgias.
1F. Scholion on Iamblichus' Life of Pythagorus: transmitting the beginnings of dialectic. So dialectic began from Pythagoras, as did rhetoric. Tisias and Gorgias and Polus were students of Empedocles.
2. Scholion of the Clark manuscript on Plato, Gorgias 465D: Polus belonged to the school of Anaxagoras, just as Gorgias belonged to that of Empedocles.
3. Plato, Gorgias 462B: Polus: But what do you think rhetoric is? (Socrates:) The matter you claim to have made into an art in the treatise that I was reading recently. Polus What thing do you mean? Socrates I mean a sort of experience. (Rad.) Here the scholion has from this it is clear that the speech of Polus was not originally improvised (see Pl. Gorg. 448C), but was a treatise. This is pure conjecture. See what follows.
4. Syrianus, Against Hermogenes: Polus the sophist, a pupil of Gorgias in the art (of rhetoric), says: There are many arts among humans that have been experientially discovered from experiences. So also scholia on staseis W 4.44.14. Cf. 6.
5. Aristotle, Metaphysics 1(A).1 981a3: As Polus rightly says, experience creates art, but inexperience chance. Perhaps from Platos Gorgias. See the following. Capelle, Hermae 57, 265 attributes it to an ars.
5A. Alexander of Aphrodisias, On Aristotles Metaphysics P.5.13. It is clear that those doing something without experience are able to reach the end by chance, but not by forethought and techne, as Polus said. Cf. Joannes Galenus, Allegories in Hesiods Theogony Techne and knowledge are from experience, as Polus the philosopher says. For by seeing and hearing and acting, not fully, humans learns many functions of sailing and farming and generalship.
6. Plato, Gorgias 448C: (Polus:) There are many arts among humans that have been discovered experientially, as the result of experiences: for experience makes us conduct life according to art, but inexperience according to chance. Different men partake in each of these different arts in different ways, and the best men (partake in) the best. Gorgias here is one of these, and he shares in the finest of arts. Cf. Asclepius, Commentaries on Aristotles Metaphysics, books AZ. Page 8 line 10.
7. Plato, Gorgias 448D: (Polus) has concerned himself more with the so-called rhetoric than with dialectic.
8. Plato, Gorgias 472C: Well now, this is one mode of elenchus (through witnesses), as you (Polus) and many others believe. (Cf. 471E: Blessed fellow, now you are attempting to refute (elenchein) me rhetorically, as they understand refutation in the law courts. For there, the two sides are supposed to be refuting each other when they offer many and reputable witnesses to the statements they make, and the one saying the opposite offers only one, or none.)
9. Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 13: Gorgias thoroughly instructed Polus of Agrigentum as a sophist, for a lot of money as they say, for Polus really was wealthy. There are some who claim that Polus first invented balanced clauses, antitheses, and homoioteleuta, but they are wrong. For Polus (only) employed such brilliance of speech after it had already been discovered. Hence Plato, to express his contempt for him because of this ostentation, says, O peerless Polus! to address you in your own way (Gorg. 467C). Cf. Symp. 185C Pausanias pausedyou see what rhymes (isa) the wise are teaching me.
10. Plato, Phaedrus 267B-C: And how shall we speak then of Polus mouseia of speeches such as diplasiologia and gnomologia and eikonologia and of Licymnian terms that he (Licymnius) gave him (Polus) to create good diction? (Rad.) Cf. Phaedrus 269A And what do we think honey-voiced Adrastus or even Pericles would say, if they heard the all-beautiful technical terms we were just now discussing brachylogiai and eikonologiai and all the others that we have reviewed and said that they ought to be examined under the rays of the sun? Would they get difficult, as you and I have, and boorishly say something uneducated to the authors and teachers of such a, so to speak, rhetorical art, or would they chide us both, since they were wiser. In the contest of poets, the god Dionysus avoids speaking metaphors (Aristophanes, Frogs 906). On gnomologia see H. Fromm, 2-.
11. Hermias on Platos Phaedrus: [Plato] claims that [Polus] invented balanced clauses. Therefore he called his speeches mouseia of speeches, since he was thought to adorn them thoroughly with style-beauty: diplasiologia means saying words twice, e. g. pheu pheu. (Rad.) Spengel stated that the interpretation is incorrect because it pertains to delivery rather than style. Heindorf had actually thought that it was to be understood as the art of making compound expressions, which seems a by no means implausible conjecture after what we know of artifices in a recent dithyramb of Timotheus Persae (see Proclus, in Photius 320b18), nor is it a problem that Aristotle (Rh. 3.7.11) criticizes that double-words are to be avoided in prose, since the speech of Polus was without doubt imbued with a poetic colour. Spengel himself indicated that diplasiologia was nothing other than isocola and balanced clauses, since they say the same thing twice, i.e. anadiplosis, e.g. philodoros eumeneias, adoros dusmeneias. Usener (Quaestonies Anaimeneae 38) had connected Anaximenes (24) the eis duo lexin to the invention of Polus, so that the mouseia of words was to be interpreted according to Aristophanes, who fashioned chelidonon museia from the works of bad poets: they cannot therefore be words composed musically (Norden, Antike Kunstprosa 12p. 74.1) or playgrounds of speech. Mouseia are certainly not the orations themselves. Moreover, Polus did not invent balanced clauses (parisa), but Gorgias and Polus, since they were enthusiasts of such cleverness, are joined by Syrianus in Hermogenes 1 p. 64.20 R.
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