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ἔνθα δή μοι καὶ ἡ πᾶσα ἀπορία ἐστίν: ἐφ᾽ ἣν γὰρ ἂν
ἔλθω αὐτῶν, ἀνὴρ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἀτραποῦ ἑκάστης
ἐφεστὼς ἐν τῇ εἰσόδῳ μάλα τις ἀξιόπιστος ὀρέγει τε τὴν
Χεῖρα καὶ προτρέπει κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπιέναι, λέγων ἕκαστος
αὐτῶν μόνος τὴν εὐθεῖαν εἰδέναι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἄλλους
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πλανᾶσθαι μήτε αὐτοὺς ἐληλυθότας μήτε ἄλλοις ἡγήσασθαι
δυναμένοις ἀκολουθήσαντας. κἂν ἐπὶ τὸν πλησίον
ἀφίκωμαι, κἀκεῖνος τὰ ὅμοια ὑπισχνεῖται περὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ
ὁδοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους κακίζει, καὶ ὁ παρ᾽ αὐτὸν ὁμοίως
καὶ ἑξῆς ἅπαντες. τό τε τοίνυν πλῆθος τῶν ὁδῶν καὶ τὸ
ἀνόμοιον αὐτῶν οὐ μετρίως ταράττει με καὶ ἀπορεῖν ποιεῖ,
καὶ μάλιστα οἱ ἡγεμόνες ὑπερδιατεινόμενοι καὶ τὰ ἑαυτῶν
ἕκαστοι ἐπαινοῦντες: οὐ γὰρ οἶδα ἥντινα τραπόμενος
ἢ τῷ μᾶλλον αὐτῶν ἀκολουθήσας ἀφικοίμην ἂν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν.
Ἑρμότιμος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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