# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 2.16

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, <ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΑΣΩΝ ΑΙΠΕΣΕΩΝ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΟΣ. >, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/2.16

Οὖτος ἐν Κρότωνι τῆς Ἰταλίας ἄμα τοῖς μαθηταῖς έμπτρισθεὶς διεφθάρη. ἔθος δὲ τοῦτο ἦν παρ’ αὐτῷ, ἐπειδὰν προσίῃ τις μαθητευθησόμενος, πιπράσκειν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον κατατιθέναι ἐσφραγισμένον Παρὰ τῷ Πυθαγόρᾳ, καὶ ὑπέμενε σιωπῶν ὁτὲ μὲν ἔτη τρία, ὁτὲ δὲ πέντε καὶ μανθάνων· αὖθις δὲ Μεὶς ἐμισγετο τοῖς ἑτέροις καὶ παρέμενε μαθητὴς καὶ συνειστιᾶτο ἄμα, εἰ δ' οὔ, ἀπελάμβανε τὸ ἴδοιον καὶ ἀπεβάλλετο.

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Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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