# Vita Pythagorae 11

Porphyrius, Vita Pythagorae, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/vita-pythagorae/11

παῖδα μὲν οὖν ὄντα ἔπεμπεν εἴς τε κιθαριστοῦ καὶ παιδοτρίβου καὶ ζωγράφου, νεανίαν δὲ γενόμενον εἰς Μίλητον πρὸς Ἀναξίμανδρον, μαθησόμενον τὰ γεωμετρικὰ καὶ ἀστρονομικά. ἀφίκετο δὲ καὶ πρὸς Αἰγυπτίους, φησίν, ὁ Πυθαγόρας καὶ πρὸς Ἄραβας καὶ Χαλδαίους καὶ Ἑβραίους, παρʼ ὧν καὶ τὴν περὶ ὀνείρων γνῶσιν ἠκριβώσατο· καὶ τῇ διὰ λιβανωτοῦ μαντείᾳ πρῶτος ἐχρήσατο. καὶ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μὲν τοῖς ἱερεῦσι συνῆν καὶ τὴν σοφίαν ἐξέμαθε καὶ τὴν Αἰγυπτίων φωνήν.

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Porphyrius, Vita Pythagorae, ed. August Nauck. 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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