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[Note] that these were the philosophers who went to Persia as envoys with Areobindos:[1] Damascius the Syrian,[2] Simplicius the Cilician,[3] Eulalius the Phrygian, Priscianus the Lydian, Hermeias[4] and Diogenes from Phoenicia, Isidorus of Gaza.[5] All of these returned home, bidding farewell to the hospitality of the barbarian; nevertheless they benefited from the visit not for a short time or in negligence, but from [this visit] their subsequent life turned out with a heart-pleasing and very pleasant [result]. For as the Romans and the Persians made a treaty and a covenant, part of what they wrote was that those men should return to their own customs and live in peace thereafter in their own homes, not being forced to hold any opinions beyond what seemed right to them or to change their inherited beliefs.[6]

*pre/sbeis: o(/ti ou(=toi h)=san oi( filo/sofoi oi( e)s *persi/da diapresbeusa/menoi su\n *)areobi/ndw|: *dama/skios o( *su/ros, *simpli/kios o( *ki/lic *eu)la/lios te o( *fru/c, *priskiano\s o( *ludo/s, *(ermei/as te kai\ *dioge/nhs oi( e)k *foini/khs, *)isi/dwros o( *gazai=os. ou(=toi pa/ntes oi)/kade a)peno/sthsan, xai/rein ei)po/ntes th=| tou= barba/rou filoceni/a|: kai\ a)pw/nanto de\ o(/mws th=s e)kdhmi/as ou)k e)n braxei= tini kai\ h)melhme/nw|, a)ll' o(/qen au)toi=s o( e)fech=s bi/os e)s to\ qumh=re/s te kai\ h(/diston a)peteleu/thsen. w(s ga\r oi( *(rwmai=oi kai\ *pe/rsai sponda\s e)/qento kai\ sunqh/kas, me/ros u(ph=rxe tw=n kat' au)ta\s a)nagramme/nwn to\ dei=n e)kei/nous tou\s a)/ndras e)s ta\ sfe/tera h)/qh katio/ntas bioteu/ein a)dew=s toloipo\n e)f' e(autoi=s, ou)de\n o(tiou=n pe/ra tw=n dokou/ntwn fronei=n h)\ metaba/llein th\n patrw/|an do/can a)nagkazome/nous.

Agathias, Histories 2.29-31. On the visit of the philosophers to the Persian king Khusrau at Ctesiphon, see Athanassiadi's introduction, Part VI "The Return."
[1] Areobindos/Areovindus: alpha 3823, omicron 936, pi 2251.
[2] Damascius: delta 39.
[3] Simplicius: sigma 448.
[4] Hermeias: epsilon 3036.
[5] Apparently not the same as Isidore of Alexandria, for whom see iota 631.
[6] In other words, they would not be required to convert to Christianity.

David Whitehead (another headword; more keywords; cosmeticules) on 15 December 2005@03:05:23.
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