# Γυμναστικός 22

Philostratus the Athenian, Γυμναστικός, Section 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philostratus-the-athenian/text/22

Προμάχου δὲ τοῦ ἐκ Πελλήνης ξυνίει μὲν ὁ γυμναστὴς ἐρῶντος, ἀγχοῦ δὲ Ὀλυμπίων ὄντων ὦ Πρόμαχε, εἶπε δοκεῖς μοι ἐρᾶν· ὡς δὲ εἶδεν ἐρυθριῶντα ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐλέγξων ἔφη ταῦτα ἠρόμην, ξυλληψόμενος δέ σοι τοῦ ἔρωτος· καὶ γὰρ ἂν καὶ διαλεχθείην ὑπὲρ σοῦ τῷ γυναίῳ. καὶ διαλεχθεὶς οὐδὲν ἀφίκετο πρὸς τὸν ἀθλητὴν ἀπάγων λόγον οὐκ ἀληθῆ, πλείστου δὲ ἄξιον τῷ ἐρῶντι· οὐκ ἀπαξιοῖ τοί σε ἔφη εἶναι τῶν ἑαυτῆς παιδικῶν νικῶντα Ὀλυμπίασι καὶ ὁ Πρόμαχος ἀναπνεύσας ὑφʼ ὧν ἤκουσεν, οὐκ ἐνίκα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Πουλυδάμαντα τὸν Σκοτουσσαῖον μετὰ τοὺς λέοντας, οὓς ὁ Πουλυδάμας ᾑρήκει παρʼ Ὤχῳ τῷ Πέρσῃ.

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Philostratus the Athenian, Γυμναστικός, 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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