# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.1-25

Philostratus the Athenian, Βίοι Σοφιστῶν, Book 2, κε. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.1-25

πολὺς ἐν σοφιστῶν κύκλῳ καὶ Ἑρμοκράτης ὁ Φωκαεὺς ᾅδεται φύσεως ἰσχὺν δηλώσας παρὰ πάντας, οὓς ἑρμηνεύω, οὐδενὶ γὰρ θαυμασίῳ σοφιστῇ ξυγγενόμενος, ἀλλὰ Ῥουφίνου τοῦ Σμυρναίου ἀκηκοὼς τὰ σοφιστικὰ τολμῶντος μᾶλλον ἢ κατορθοῦντος ἑρμήνευσε ποικιλώτατα Ἑλλήνων καὶ ἔγνω καὶ ἔταξεν, οὐ τὰς μὲν τῶν ὑποθέσεων, τὰς δὲ οὐχί, ἅπαξ δὲ πάσας τὰς μελετωμένας, καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ τὰς ἐσχηματισμένας εὖ διέθετο ἀμφιβολίας τε πλείστας ἐπινοήσας καὶ τὸ σημαινόμενον ἐγκαταμίξας τῷ ὑφειμέμῳ.

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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/.