# Testimonia et fragmenta 125

Diogenes Babylonius, Testimonia et fragmenta, Fragment 125. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-babylonius/testimonia-et-fragmenta/125

Philodemus de rhetorica Vol. II p. 226 Sudh. ὅθε(ν) μὲν μ(ὴ κ)αλῶς προστ(ή)σεσθαι τὸν ῥήτορα τῆς πατρίδ(ος), κἂν ἔχῃ τὴν ἐνπειρία(ν), ἄνευ φιλοσοφίας λέγο(μεν. － Πε(ρι)κλῆς τοίνυν, ὃν (ἒφη) ἀν(εκ)τότατον γε(γ)ο(νέναι τῶ)ν ἄλλων ῥητό(ρων, ὅτι Ἀναξ)αγόρου καὶ (ἄλλων τινῶν) ἤκουσεν, φι(λοσόφοις) μὲν ἴσως παρέβαλε, Στωϊ(κ)οῖς δ’ ο(ὐ)δα(μ)ῶς, ἀλλὰ κα(ὶ τ)ὰς ἐναντίας ἐσ(χ)ηκ(όσιν δ)όξας ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλ(ων)· μόνον δὲ (κα)τὰ Διο(γέν)ην ἡ Στωϊκὴ (π)οιεῖ πο(λίτ)ας ἀγα(θούς etc.

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Diogenes Babylonius, Testimonia et fragmenta, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. 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.
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