# Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων 79-4

Diogenes Laertius, Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Ε, Κεφ. ε′. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/diogenes-laertius/text/79-4

Καὶ αὐτῷ ἐπεγράψαμεν ἡμεῖς· ἀνεῖλεν ἀσπὶς τὸν σοφὸν Δημήτριον ἰὸν ἔχουσα πολὺν ἄσμηκτον, οὐ στίλβουσα φῶς ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων, ἀλλʼ ἀΐδην μέλανα. Ἡρακλείδης δʼ ἐν τῇ ἐπιτομῇ τῶν Σωτίωνος Διαδοχῶν τῷ Φιλαδέλφῳ τὴν βασιλείαν θέλειν ἐκχωρῆσαι τὸν Πτολεμαῖον· τὸν δʼ ἀποτρέπειν φάσκοντα, ἂν ἄλλῳ δῷς, σὺ οὐχ ἕξεις. ὁπηνίκα δʼ ἐσυκοφαντεῖτο ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναισ—μανθάνω γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο—Μένανδρος ὁ κωμικὸς παρʼ ὀλίγον ἦλθε κριθῆναι διʼ οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἢ ὅτι φίλος ἦν αὐτῷ· ἀλλʼ αὐτὸν παρῃτήσατο Τελεσφόρος ὁ ἀνεψιὸς τοῦ Δημητρίου.

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Diogenes Laertius, Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, ed. R. D. Hicks. 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/tlg0004.tlg001.local001/.