# Epistulae 11

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, λ′. Φιλίππῳ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/11

(11) καίτοι πάντων καταγελαστότατα τοιαῦτα γράφων χαριέντως ἀμύνασθαί φησι τῶν μαθητῶν τῶν αὐτῷ πλησιαζόντων τοὺς ἐπιτιμῶντας οἳ δὲ χειρωθέντες τῆς ῥητορικῆς τῇ δυνάμει καὶ παρὰ ταῦτα οὐδὲν ἔχοντες εἰπεῖν οὕτως ἐπῄνεσαν τὸν λόγον, ὥστε τὸ πρωτεῖον τῶν λόγων τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ δεδώκασι. καταμάθοις δ’ ἂν ἐν βραχεῖ τὴν Ἰσοκράτους ἱτορίαν καὶ τὴν παιδείαν ἐξ ὧν Κυρηναίους μὲν ποιεῖ τοῦ Βάττου ὄντας ἀποίκους Λακεδαιμονίων, τὸν δὲ Ποντικὸν μαθητὴν ἀπέδειξε τῆς αὑτοῦ σοφίας διάδοχον, οὗ σὺ πολλοὺς τεθεαμένος σοφιστὰς βδελυρώτερον οὐχ ἑώρακας.

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Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. 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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