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ἴστω τοίνυν ὁ Ζεὺς ὁ Φίλιος, ἦ μὴν ὁπόσα, ἂν λέγω πρὸς σὲ ἢ αὐτὸς εἰδὼς ἢ παρ᾽ ἄλλων ὁπόσον
οἷόν τε ἦν δι᾽ ἀκριβείας ἐκπυνθανόμενος ἐρεῖν, μηδὲν παρ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπιτραγῳδῶν. καὶ πρώτην
γέ σοι τὴν Ἀγαθοκλέους καὶ Δεινίου φιλίαν διηγήσομαι, ἀοίδιμον ἐν τοῖς Ἴωσι γενομένην. Ἀγαθοκλῆς γὰρ οὗτος ὁ Σάμιος οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐγένετο, ἄριστος μὲν πρὸς φιλίαν, ὡς ἔδειξεν, τὰ ἄλλα δὲ οὐδὲν ἀμείνων Σαμίων τῶν πολλῶν οὔτε
ἐς τὸ γένος οὔτε ἐς τὴν ἄλλην περιουσίαν. Δεινίᾳ
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δὲ τῷ Λύσωνος ^ Ἐφεσίῳ φίλος ἐκ παίδων ἦν.
ὁ δὲ Δεινίας ἐπλούτει ἄρα εἰς ὑπερβολήν, καὶ
ὥσπερ εἰκὸς νεόπλουτον ὄντα, πολλοὺς καὶ ἄλλους εἶχε περὶ ἑαυτόν, ἱκανοὺς μὲν συμπιεῖν καὶ πρὸς ἡδονὴν συνεῖναι, φιλίας δὲ πλεῖστον ὅσον ἀποδέοντας. τέως μὲν οὖν ἐν τούτοις καὶ ὁ Ἀγαθοκλῆς ἐξητάζετο, καὶ συνῆν καὶ συνέπινεν αὐτοῖς οὐ πάνυ χαίρων τῇ τοιαύτῃ διατριβῇ, καὶ ὁ Δεινίας οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἐντιμότερον εἶχεν τῶν κολάκων. τελευταῖον δὲ καὶ προσέκρουε τὰ πολλὰ ἐπιτιμῶν,
καὶ φορτικὸς ἐδόκει ὑπομιμνήσκων ἀεὶ τῶν προγόνων καὶ φυλάττειν παραγγέλλων ἃ μετὰ πολλῶν καμάτων ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ κτησάμενος κατέλιπεν, ὥστε διὰ ταῦτα οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τοὺς κώμους ἀπῆγεν ἔτι αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ μόνος μετ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐκώμαζε, λανθάνειν πειρώμενος τὸν Ἀγαθοκλέα.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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