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ἐν δεξιᾷ τις ἀνὴρ κάθηται
τὰ ὦτα παμμεγέθη ἔχων μικροῦ δεῖν τοῖς τοῦ Μίδου προσεοικότα, τὴν χεῖρα προτείνων πόρρωθεν ἔτι προσιούσῃ τῇ Διαβολῇ. περὶ δὲ αὐτὸν
ἑστᾶσι δύο γυναῖκες, Ἄγνοιά μοι δοκεῖ καὶ
Ὑπόληψις: ἑτέρωθεν δὲ προσέρχεται ἡ
Διαβολή, γύναιον ἐς ὑπερβολὴν πάγκαλον, ὑπόθερμον δὲ καὶ παρακεκινημένον, οἷον δὴ τὴν λύτταν καὶ τὴν ὀργὴν δεικνύουσα, τῇ μὲν
ἀριστερᾷ δᾷδα καιομένην ἔχουσα, τῇ ἑτέρᾳ δὲ νεανίαν τινὰ τῶν τριχῶν σύρουσα τὰς χεῖρας ὀρέγοντα
[p. 366] εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ μαρτυρόμενον τοὺς θεούς. ἡγεῖται δὲ ἀνὴρ ὠχρὸς καὶ ἄμορφος, ὀξὺ δεδορκὼς καὶ ἐοικὼς τοῖς ἐκ νόσου μακρᾶς κατεσκληκόσι. τοῦτον
οὖν εἶναι τὸν Φθόνον ἄν τις εἰκάσειε. καὶ μὴν καὶ ἄλλαι τινὲς δύο παρομαρτοῦσι
προτρέπουσαι καὶ περιστέλλουσαι καὶ κατακοσμοῦσαι τὴν Διαβολήν. ὡς δέ μοι καὶ ταύτας ἐμήνυσεν ὁ
περιηγητὴς τῆς εἰκόνος, ἡ μέν τις Ἐπιβουλὴ ^ ἦν,
ἡ δὲ Ἀπάτη. κατόπιν δὲ ἠκολούθει πάνυ πενθικῶς τις ἐσκευασμένη, μελανείμων καὶ κατεσπαραγμένη, Μετάνοια, οἶμαι αὕτη ἐλέγετο: ἐπεστρέφετο γοῦν εἰς τοὐπίσω δακρύουσα καὶ μετ᾽ αἰδοῦς πάνυ τὴν Ἀλήθειαν προσιοῦσαν ὑπέβλεπεν.
οὕτως μὲν Ἀπελλῆς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κίνδυνον ἐπὶ τῆς γραφῆς ἐμιμήσατο.
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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