Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius (1)
The work of Gregory of Nyssa likewise, on behalf of Basil against Eunomius, has been read by me. In expression — an orator if ever there was one — he is brilliant, preserving ever what gives delight, yet even he does not refute Eunomius's writing point by point in order. Hence he is more concise than Theodore, but fuller than Sophronius; he abounds in reflections and examples. One may say without fear that as far as he outstrips Theodore in beauty, brilliance, and utmost sweetness, so far does Theodore outstrip him in the number of his arguments, straining whatever is fruitful into service of the point at hand.
Greek
Ἀνεγνώσθη ΓΡΗΓΟΡΙΟΥ ΝΥΣΣΗΣ ὁμοίως ὑπὲρ Βασιλείας κατὰ Εὐνομίου. τὴν μὲν φράσιν, εἴ τις ἄλλος ῥήτορος, λαμπρὸς καὶ ἡδονῆς ἄξιον ἀποσώζων, οὐ μέντοι καθεξῆς οὐδ' αὐτὸς τὴν Εὐνομίου γραφὴν ἀπελέγχει. διὸ καὶ συντομώτερός ἐστι Θεοδώρου, Σωφρονίου δὲ πλατύτερος· πλεονάζει δ' τοῖς ἐνθυμήμασι καὶ τοῖς παραδείγμασιν. ἔστι δὲ ἀδεῶς εἰπεῖν, ὡς ὅσον ὑπερβάλλει κάλλει τε καὶ λαμπρότητι καὶ τῷ ἡδυτάτῳ Θεόδωρον, τοσοῦτον ἐκεῖνος τοῦτον τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἐπιχειρημάτων καὶ τὸ γόνιμον εἰς τὸ προσεχὲς ἐκβιάζεται.
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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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