Note 563 — Chapter LXVII · THE DRAMA. — RHETORIC AND DIALECTICS. — THE SOPHISTS.
Reading edition
Eurip. Med. 289:—
Χρὴ δ᾽ οὔποθ᾽ ὅστις ἀρτίφρων πέφυκ᾽ ἀνὴρ, Παῖδας περισσῶς ἐκδιδάσκεσθαι σοφούς. Χωρὶς γὰρ ἄλλης, ἧς ἔχουσιν, ἀργίας, Φθόνον πρὸς ἀστῶν ἀλφάνουσι δυσμενῆ.
The words ὁ περισσῶς σοφὸς seem to convey the same unfriendly sentiment as the word σοφιστής.