# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.1-33

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.1-33

ἀσπάσιον δὲ τὸν σοφιστὴν Ῥάβεννα μὲν ἤνεγκεν, ἡ δὲ Ῥάβεννα Ἰταλοί, Δημητριανὸς δὲ ὁ πατὴρ ἐπαίδευσεν εὖ γιγνώσκων τοὺς κριτικοὺς τῶν λόγων. πολυμαθὴς δὲ ὁ Ἀσπάσιος καὶ πολυήκοος καὶ τὸ μὲν καινοπρεπὲς ἐπαινῶν, ἐς ἀπειροκαλίαν δὲ οὐδαμοῦ ἐκπίπτων ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐν καιρῷ χρῆσθαι οἷς γιγνώσκει. τουτὶ δέ που καὶ ἐν μουσικῇ κράτιστον, οἱ γὰρ καιροὶ τῶν τόνων λύρᾳ τε φωνὴν ἔδωκαν καὶ αὐλῷ καὶ μελῳδίαν ἐπαίδευσαν. ἐπιμεληθεὶς δὲ τοῦ δοκίμως τε καὶ σὺν ἀφελείᾳ ἑρμηνεύειν πνεύματός τε καὶ περιβολῆς ἠμέλησε, τὸ σχεδιάζειν τε ἐκ φύσεως οὐκ ἔχων πόνῳ παρεστήσατο.

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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/.