# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.2-7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.2-7

οἴνου δὲ ἡττώμενος παροινίας ἐκράτει καὶ εὐχερείας καὶ ἀγερωχίας, ἣν ὁ οἶνος ἐπὶ τὰς γνώμας τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐσάγει, τοσοῦτον δὲ αὐτῷ περιῆν τοῦ νήφειν, ὡς καὶ ἐς ἀλεκτρυόνων ᾠδὰς προβάντος τοῦ πότου σπουδῆς αὐτὸν ἅπτεσθαι, πρὶν ὕπνου σπάσαι. διεβέβλητο δὲ μάλιστα πρὸς τοὺς ἀλαζόνας τῶν νέων καίτοι χρησιμωτέρους τῶν ἄλλων ὄντας ἐς τὰς ξυμβολὰς τοῦ μισθοῦ. Διογένη γοῦν τὸν Ἀμαστριανὸν ὁρῶν τετυφωμένον ἐκ μειρακίου καὶ περινοοῦντα μὲν σατραπείας, περινοοῦντα δὲ αὐλὰς καὶ τὸ ἀγχοῦ βασιλέων ἑστήξειν, λέγοντα δέ, ὡς ὁ δεῖνα Αἰγύπτιος προειρήκοι αὐτῷ ταῦτα, ὁ... μηδὲ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ σιωπῶν.

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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/.