Sophronius, Against Eunomius
The work of Sophronius likewise, on behalf of Basil against Eunomius, has been read by me. He is clearer than Theodore and much more concise, and does not go through every work of Eunomius; instead he exercises himself on those passages, and overthrows by refutation those which seem to hold his heresy together and to be its chief points. He employs an aphoristic manner, and in general his discourse is detached and disconnected — though not from want of judgment; rather, it is rounded off with logical arguments as well.
Greek
Ἀνεγνώσθη ὁμοίως ΣΩΦΡΟΝΙΟΥ ὑπὲρ Βασιλείας κατὰ Εὐνομίου. σαφέστερος μὲν Θεοδώρου καὶ πολλῷ συντομώτερος, καὶ οὐδὲ πᾶσι τοῖς Εὐνομίου ἐπεξιών, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνα γυμνάζων καὶ ἐλέγχω καθυποβάλλων, ἃ δοκεῖ συνεκτικὰ καὶ κεφάλαια τῆς Εὐνομίου αἱρέσεως εἶναι. ἀφοριστικῷ δὲ κέχρηται χαρακτῆρι, καὶ ὡς ἐπίπαν ἀπόλυτός ἐστιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀσύνδετος ὁ λόγος, ἐξ ἀκρισίας δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ λογικοῖς ἐπιχειρήμασι περιηγημένος.
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Photius of Constantinople, Bibliotheca (Myriobiblon) — Codices 1-17 in new English from Bekker 1824 Greek, from Theodore on Dionysius through the Acts of Ephesus and Chalcedon. Codices 18-279 are not in this volume.
New English from Bekker 1824 Greek as transcribed in the codex lock excerpts; Bekker loci cited per codex in the audit review; Hoeschel 1653 OCR as reading aid; Freese 1920 used reference-only.
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