---
title: Fragments Against Sophists
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα πρὸς Σοφιστάς
author: Hermias of Cyrene
eul_wid: jva-aa
eul_aid: jva
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hermias-cyrene-against-sophists-jva-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments Against Sophists

*Ἀποσπάσματα πρὸς Σοφιστάς*

**Author:** Hermias of Cyrene

**eul_wid:** `jva-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermias-cyrene-against-sophists-jva-aa)

## Text

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Ἀκούσατ’, ὢ Στώακες, ἔμποροι λήρου, λόγων ὑποκριτῆρες, οἳ μόνοι πάντα τἀν τοῖς πίναξι, πρίν τι τῷ σοφῷ δοῦναι, αὐτοὶ καταρροφεῖτε, κᾆθ’ ἁλίσκεσθε ἐναντία πρήσσοντες οἷς τραγῳδεῖτε.

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