# Praeperatio Evangelica 33.10-11

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, 33.10 to 33.11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/33.10

οὔκουν ἔμοιγ’ ἐφάνης ἐπαμύνων τῷ ποιητῇ ἀπρεπὴς εἶναι· ἐμεμνήμην γὰρ καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου ποιητοῦ καὶ τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Εὐριπίδου στεφάνων, καίτοι ἀπορῶν καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἐπιθυμῶν οὐχ ὅτι ἐστεφανοῦτο, ἀλλὰ πῶς ἦν τὰ στέφη ταῦτα ἱερά· οὐδ’ ὅτι αὐτοῦ κλέος ὄρουσεν, ἀλλὰ πῶς ἐσθλὸν ἦν τοῦτο. ἐκροταλίζετο μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις, οἶδα, καὶ τυράννοις ἤρεσκε, καὶ τοῦτο οἶδα· καὶ ἔργον ἐπετήδευεν , ἐφ’ ᾧ οὐχ ὅπως αὐτὸς ἐθαυμάζετο ὁ ἐραστὴς, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ ἡ τῶν Ἀθηναίων πόλις, ὅτι μόνη τραγῳδοὺς ἤνεγκεν.

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Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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/tlg2018.tlg001.local001/.