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σοφίαν ἡγώμεθα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα μέν, οἷον φιλοσοφῆσαι
καὶ εἰπεῖν σὺν τέχνῃ, ποιητικῆς τε ἅψασθαι
καὶ μουσικῆς καὶ γεωμετρίας, καί, νὴ Δία, ἀστρονομίας,
ὁπόση μὴ περιττή: σοφία δὲ καὶ τὸ κοσμῆσαι
στρατιάν, καὶ ἔτι τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἰατρικὴ πᾶσα καὶ
ζωγραφία καὶ πλάσται καὶ ἀγαλμάτων εἴδη καὶ
κοῖλοι λίθοι καὶ κοῖλος σίδηρος. βάναυσοι δὲ ὁπόσαι,
δεδόσθω μὲν αὐταῖς τέχνη, καθ᾽ ἣν ὄργανόν τι καὶ
σκεῦος ὀρθῶς ἀποτελεσθήσεται, σοφία δὲ ἐς ἐκείνας
ἀποκείσθω μόνας, ἃς εἶπον. ἐξαιρῶ κυβερνήτην τῶν
βαναύσων, ἐπειδὴ ἄστρων τε συνίησιν καὶ ἀνέμων
καὶ τῶν ἀδήλων ἅπτεται. ταῦτα μὲν ὧν ἕνεκά μοι
εἴρηται, δειχθήσεται, περὶ δὲ γυμναστικῆς, σοφίαν
λέγωμεν οὐδεμιᾶς ἐλάττω τέχνης, ὥστε ἐς ὑπομνήματα
ξυντεθῆναι τοῖς βουλομένοις γυμνάζειν: ἡ μὲν
γὰρ πάλαι γυμναστικὴ Μίλωνας ἐποίει καὶ Ἱπποσθένας,
Πουλυδάμαντάς τε καὶ Προμάχους καὶ
Γλαῦκον τὸν Δημύλου, καὶ τοὺς πρὸ τούτων ἔτι
ἀθλητάς, τὸν Πηλέα δήπου καὶ τὸν Θησέα καὶ τὸν
Ἡρακλέα αὐτόν, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν πατέρων ἥττους μὲν
οἶδε, θαυμασίους δὲ καὶ μεμνῆσθαι ἀξίους: ἡ δὲ
νῦν καθεστηκυῖα, μεταβέβληκεν οὕτω τὰ τῶν ἀθλητῶν,
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ὡς καὶ τοῖς φιλογυμναστοῦσι τοὺς πολλοὺς ἄχθεσθαι.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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