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ἀλλά τί πρὸς τὸν Διόνυσον ὁ Διόνυσος οὗτος; εἴποι τις ἄν. ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσι — καὶ πρὸς Χαρίτων μή με κορυβαντιᾶν ἢ τελέως μεθύειν ὑπολάβητε, εἰ τἀμὰ εἰκάζω τοῖς θεοῖς — ὅμοιόν τι πάσχειν οἱ πολλοὶ πρὸς τοὺς καινοὺς τῶν λόγων τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς ἐκείνοις, οἷον καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἐμούς:
οἰόμενοι γὰρ σατυρικὰ καὶ γελοῖά τινα καὶ κομιδῇ κωμικὰ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν ἀκούσεσθαι — τοιαῦτα γὰρ ^ πεπιστεύκασιν, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅ τι δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ
οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀφικνοῦνται, ὡς οὐδὲν δέον παρέχειν τὰ ὦτα κώμοις γυναικείοις καὶ σκιρτήμασι σατυρικοῖς καταβάντας ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλεφάντων, οἱ δὲ ὡς ἐπὶ τοιοῦτό τι ἥκοντες ἀντὶ τοῦ
κιττοῦ σίδηρον εὑρόντες οὐδ᾽ οὕτως ἐπαινεῖν τολμῶσι τῷ παραδόξῳ τοῦ πράγματος
τεθορυβημένοι. ἀλλὰ θαρρῶν ἐπαγγέλλομαι αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἢν καὶ νῦν ὡς πρότερόν ποτε τὴν τελετὴν ἐθελήσωσιν ἐπιδεῖν πολλάκις καὶ ἀναμνησθῶσιν
οἱ παλαιοὶ συμπόται κώμων κοινῶν τῶν τότε καιρῶν καὶ μὴ καταφρονήσωσιν τῶν Σατύρων καὶ Σιληνῶν, πίωσι δὲ ἐς κόρον τοῦ κρατῆρος
τούτου, ἔτι βακχεύσειν καὶ αὐτοὺς καὶ πολλάκις μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἐρεῖν τὸ εὐοῖ. οὗτοι μὲν οὖν —
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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