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ἐγὼ δέ σοι διηγήσομαι
φόνους πολλοὺς καὶ πολέμους καὶ θανάτους ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς ὡς παιδιὰ τὰ ὑμέτερά ἐστιν παρὰ τὰ Σκυθικὰ ἐξετάζεσθαι. καίτοι οὐδὲ ἀλόγως αὐτὸ πεπόνθατε, ἀλλὰ
εἰκότως τὰ μικρὰ ταῦτα ἐπαινεῖτε: οὐδὲ γὰρ
οὐδὲ εἰσιν ὑμῖν ἀφορμαὶ ὑπερμεγέθεις πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν φιλίας ἐν εἰρήνῃ βαθείᾳ βιοῦσιν, ὥσπερ οὐδ᾽ ἂν ^ ἐν γαλήνῃ μάθοις εἰ ἀγαθὸς ὁ κυβερνήτης ἐστί: χειμῶνος γὰρ δεήσει σοὶ πρὸς τὴν διάγνωσιν. παρ᾽ ἡμῖν δὲ συνεχεῖς οἱ πόλεμοι, καὶ ἢ ἐπελαύνομεν ἄλλοις ἢ ὑποχωροῦμεν ἐπιόντας ἢ
[p. 162] συμπεσόντες ὑπὲρ νομῆς ἢ λείας μαχόμεθα, ἔνθα μάλιστα δεῖ φίλων ἀγαθῶν: καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὡς βεβαιότατα συντιθέμεθα τὰς φιλίας, μόνον τοῦτο ὅπλον ἄμαχον καὶ δυσπολέμητον εἶναι νομίζοντες.
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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