# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.3-13

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.3-13

ἡ δὲ ξυγγεγραμμένη ἐπιστολὴ τῷ Φιλοστράτῳ περὶ τοῦ πῶς χρὴ ἐπιστέλλειν πρὸς τὸν Ἀσπάσιον τείνει, ἐπειδὴ παρελθὼν ἐς βασιλείους ἐπιστολὰς τὰς μὲν ἀγωνιστικώτερον τοῦ δέοντος ἐπέστελλε, τὰς δὲ οὐ σαφῶς, ὧν οὐδέτερον βασιλεῖ πρέπον· αὐτοκράτωρ γὰρ δὴ ὁπότε ἐπιστέλλοι, οὐ δεῖ ἐνθυμημάτων οὐδʼ ἐπιχειρημάτων, ἀλλὰ δόξης, οὐδʼ αὖ ἀσαφείας, ἐπειδὴ νόμους φθέγγεται, σαφήνεια δὲ ἑρμηνεὺς νόμου.

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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.
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