# Graecarum affectionum curatio 1.27

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/1.27

Καὶ τοῦτο πολλοὶ μὲν εἰρήκασι καὶ ἄλλοι, καὶ ὁ Πορφύριος δὲ ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ τῆς Φιλοσόφου τοῦτο ἱστορίας ξυνέγραψεν· ἔφη δὲ οὕτως· «Λέγωμεν περὶ τοῦ Σωκράτους τὰ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις μνήμης κατηξιωμένα, τὰ μὲν πρὸς ἔπαινον αὐτοῦ καὶ ψόγον πολλαχῶς ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων ἀνδρῶν μεμυθευμένα ἐπ' ὀλίγον φυλοκρινοῦντες, καταλιπόντες δὲ ἀνεξέταστον τὸ εἴτε αὐτὸς εἰργάσατο ξὺν τῷ πατρὶ τὴν λιθοκοπικὴν τέχνην, εἴτε ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ μόνος. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐνέκοπτεν αὐτῷ τοῦτο πρὸς σοφίαν πρὸς ὀλίγον χρόνον ἐργασθέν. Εἰ δὲ δὴ ἑρμογλύφος ἦν, καὶ μᾶλλον· καθάριος γὰρ ἡ τέχνη καὶ οὐ πρὸς ὀνείδους·»

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg001.local001/.