# Βίοι Σοφιστῶν 2.3-9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text-6/2.3-9

ὥσπερ δὲ ταύτην ὁ Ἑρμοκράτης διαφεύγει τὴν αἰτίαν, οὕτως ἐκείνην οὐκ ἂν διαφύγοι· τὸν γὰρ πατρῷον οἶκον βαθὺν αὐτῷ παραδοθέντα κατεδαπάνησεν οὐκ ἐς ἱπποτροφίας οὐδὲ ἐς λειτουργίας, ἀφʼ ὧν καὶ ὄνομά ἐστιν ἄρασθαι, ἀλλʼ ἐς ἄκρατον καὶ ἑταίρους οἵους παρασχεῖν καὶ κωμῳδίᾳ λόγον, οἷον παρέσχον λόγον οἱ Καλλίαν ποτὲ τὸν Ἱππονίκου κολακεύσαντες.

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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/.