# Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17) 1.4

Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), Book XII, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diodorus-siculus/books-11-17/1.4

ἀπὸ τούτων γὰρ τῶν χρόνων ἐπὶ ἔτη πεντήκοντα πολλὴν ἐπίδοσιν ἔλαβεν ἡ Ἑλλὰς πρὸς τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν. ἐν τούτοις γὰρ τοῖς χρόνοις αἵ τε τέχναι διὰ τὴν εὐπορίαν ηὐξήθησαν, καὶ τότε μέγιστοι μνημονεύονται τεχνῖται γεγονέναι, ὧν ἐστι Φειδίας ὁ ἀγαλματοποιός· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν παιδείαν ἐπὶ πολὺ προέβη, καὶ φιλοσοφία προετιμήθη καὶ ῥητορικὴ παρὰ πᾶσι μὲν Ἕλλησι, μάλιστα δὲ Ἀθηναίοις.

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Diodorus Siculus, Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Books 11-17), ed. C. H. Oldfather, Charles L. Sherman, C. Bradford Welles. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0060.tlg001.local001/.