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ἀνὴρ δὲ τίς ὢν ὅλως,^ καὶ ταῦτα παιδείᾳ σύντροφος καὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ τὰ μέτρια ὡμιληκώς, ἀφέμενος, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τοῦ περὶ τὰ βελτίω σπουδάζειν καὶ τοῖς παλαιοῖς συνεῖναι κάθηται καταυλούμενος, θηλυδρίαν ἄνθρωπον ὁρῶν ἐσθῆσι μαλακαῖς
καὶ ᾁσμασιν ἀκολάστοις ἐναβρυνόμενον καὶ μιμούμενον ἐρωτικὰ γύναια, τῶν πάλαι τὰς μαχλοτάτας, Φαίδρας καὶ Παρθενόπας καὶ Ῥοδόπας τινάς,
[p. 212] καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ὑπὸ κρούμασιν καὶ τερετίσμασι
καὶ ποδῶν κτύπῳ, καταγέλαστα ὡς ἀληθῶς
πράγματα καὶ ἥκιστα ἐλευθέρῳ ἀνδρὶ καὶ οἵῳ σοὶ
πρέποντα ; ὥστε ἔγωγε πυθόμενος ὡς ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ θέᾳ σχολάζοις, οὐκ ᾐδέσθην μόνον ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἠνιάθην εἰ Πλάτωνος καὶ Χρυσίππου καὶ
Ἀριστοτέλους ἐκλαθόμενος κάθησαι τὸ ὅμοιον
πεπονθὼς τοῖς τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις, καὶ ταῦτα μυρίων ἄλλων ὄντων ἀκουσμάτων καὶ θεαμάτων σπουδαίων, εἰ τούτων τις δέοιτο, τῶν κυκλίων αὐλητῶν καὶ τῶν κιθάρᾳ τὰ ἔννομα
προσᾳδόντων, καὶ μάλιστα τῆς σεμνῆς
τραγῳδίας καὶ τῆς φαιδροτάτης κωμῳδίας, ἅπερ καὶ
ἐναγώνια εἶναι ἠξίωται.
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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