# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.2-12

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.2-12

συνῆψε δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τῇ Ἐφέσῳ κατατείνας ἐς αὐτὸ τὴν διὰ τῶν Μαγνητικῶν κάθοδον. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη στοὰ ἐπὶ στάδιον λίθου πᾶσα, νοῦς δὲ τοῦ οἰκοδομήματος μὴ ἀπεῖναι τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοὺς θεραπεύοντας, ὁπότε ὕοι. τοῦτο μὲν δὴ τοὖργον ἀπὸ πολλῶν χρημάτων ἀποτελεσθὲν ἐπέγραψεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γυναικός, τὸ δὲ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἑστιατήριον αὐτὸς ἀνέθηκε μεγέθει τε ἐξάρας ὑπὲρ πάνθʼ ὁμοῦ τὰ παρʼ ἑτέροις καὶ λόγου κρείττω περιβαλὼν κόσμον, ὡράισται γὰρ Φρυγίῳ λίθῳ, οἷος οὔπω ἐτμήθη. πλούτῳ δὲ χρῆσθαι καλῶς ἐκ μειρακίου ἤρξατο· Ἀριστείδου γὰρ δὴ καὶ Ἀδριανοῦ κατειληφότοιν τοῦ μὲν τὴν Σμύρναν, τοῦ δὲ τὴν Ἔφεσον, ἠκροάσατο ἀμφοῖν ἐπὶ μυρίαις εἰπὼν πολλῷ ἥδιον ἐς τοιαῦτα δαπανᾶν παιδικὰ ἢ ἐς καλούς τε καὶ καλάς, ὥσπερ ἔνιοι. καὶ ὁπόσα ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν τούτων ἀναγέγραφα Δαμιανοῦ μαθὼν εἴρηκα εὖ τὰ ἀμφοῖν εἰδότος.

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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/.