# Graecarum affectionum curatio 1.12

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/1.12

Οἱ δὲ τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν φιλοσόφων περιφανέστατοι, ὧν ἡ μνήμη παρὰ τοῖς ἐλλογίμοις μέχρι καὶ τήμερον πολυθρύλητος, Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος καὶ Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος καὶ Θαλῆς ὁ Μιλήσιος καὶ Σόλων ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, καὶ μέντοι καὶ Πλάτων ἐκεῖνος, ὁ Ἀρίστωνος μὲν υἱός, Σωκράτους δὲ φοιτητής, εὐστομίᾳ δὲ πάντας ἀποκρύψας, οὐκ ὤκνησαν ἕνεκα τοῦ τἀληθὲς ἐξευρεῖν καὶ Αἴγυπτον περινοστῆσαι καὶ Θήβας τὰς Αἰγυπτίας καὶ Σικελίαν καὶ Ἰταλίαν, καὶ ταῦτα οὐ μιᾶς βασιλείας τάδε τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἰθυνούσης τὰ ἔθνη, ἀλλὰ διαφόρων μὲν πολιτειῶν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν οὐσῶν, διαφόρων δὲ νόμων· αἱ μὲν γὰρ δημοκρατίαν, αἱ δὲ

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Graecarum affectionum curatio. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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