# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 1.3-5

Philostratus the Athenian, Βίοι Σοφιστῶν, Book 1, ιζ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/1.3-5

οὗτος μὲν οὖν εἰ καὶ κάλλιστος λόγων, αἰτίαν ὅμως παρέδωκεν, ὡς ἐκ τῶν Γοργίᾳ σπουδασθέντων ἐς τὴν αὐτὴν ὑπόθεσιν συντεθείη. ἄριστα δὲ τῶν Ἰσοκράτους φροντισμάτων ὅ τε Ἀρχίδαμος ξύγκειται καὶ ὁ Ἀμάρτυρος, τοῦ μὲν γὰρ διήκει φρόνημα τῶν Λευκτρικῶν ἀναφέρον καὶ οὐκ ἀκριβῆ μόνον τὰ ὀνόματα, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ ξυνθήκη λαμπρά, ἐναγώνιος δὲ ὁ λόγος, ὡς καὶ τὸ μυθῶδες αὐτοῦ μέρος, τὸ περὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα καὶ τὰς βοῦς σὺν ἐπιστροφῇ ἑρμηνεῦσθαι, ὁ δὲ Ἀμάρτυρος ἰσχὺν ἐνδείκνυται κεκολασμένην ἐς ῥυθμούς, νόημα γὰρ ἐκ νοήματος ἐς περιόδους ἰσοκώλους τελευτᾷ.

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Philostratus the Athenian, Βίοι Σοφιστῶν, ed. Carl Ludwig Kayser. 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/tlg0638.tlg003.local001/.