# Vita Pythagorae 59

Porphyrius, Vita Pythagorae, Section 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/vita-pythagorae/59

τεκμηραίμεθα δέ, φησὶ Νικόμιαχος, περὶ τοῦ μὴ παρέργως αὐτοὺς τὰς ἀλλοτρίας ἐκκλίνειν φιλίας, ἀλλὰ πάνυ σπουδαίως περικάμπτειν αὐτὰς καὶ φυλάττεσθαι καὶ μὴν περὶ τοῦ μέχρι πολλῶν γενεῶν τὸ φιλικὸν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἀνένδοτον αὐτοὺς διατετηρηκέναι, καὶ ἐξ ὧν Ἀριστόξενος ἐν τῷ περὶ τοῦ Πυθαγόρου βίου αὐτὸς διακηκοέναι φησὶ Διονυσίου τοῦ Σικελίας τυράννου, ὅτʼ ἐκπεσὼν τῆς μοναρχίας γράμματα ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἐδίδασκεν. φησὶ δʼ οὕτως. οἴκτων καὶ δακρύων καὶ πάντων τῶν τοιούτων εἴργεσθαι τοὺς ἄνδρας ἐκείνους ὡς ἐνδέχεται μάλιστα. ὁ αὐτὸς δὲ λόγος καὶ περὶ θωπείας καὶ δεήσεως καὶ λιτανείας καὶ πάντων τῶν τοιούτων.

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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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