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ἐμέμνητο γοῦν τινος τῶν πολυχρύσων, ὃς ἐλθὼν Ἀθήναζε μάλ᾽ ἐπίσημος καὶ φορτικὸς ἀκολούθων
ὄχλῳ καὶ ποικίλῃ ἐσθῆτι καὶ χρυσῷ αὐτὸς μὲν
ᾤετο ζηλωτὸς εἶναι πᾶσι τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις καὶ ὡς
ἂν εὐδαίμων ἀποβλέπεσθαι: τοῖς δ᾽ ἄρα δυστυχεῖν ἐδόκει τὸ ἀνθρώπιον, καὶ παιδεύειν ἐπεχείρουν
αὐτὸν οὐ πικρῶς οὐδ᾽ ἄντικρυς ἀπαγορεύοντες ἐν
ἐλευθέρᾳ τῇ πόλει καθ᾽ ὅντινα τρόπον βούλεται μὴ
βιοῦν: ἀλλ᾽ ἐπεὶ κἀν τοῖς γυμνασίοις καὶ λουτροῖς ὀχληρὸς ἦν θλίβων τοῖς οἰκέταις καὶ στενοχωρῶν
τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας, ἡσυχῇ τις ἂν ὑπεφθέγξατο προσποιούμενος λανθάνειν, ὥσπερ οὐ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον ἀποτείνων, Δέδοικε μὴ παραπόληται μεταξὺ λουόμενος: καὶ μὴν εἰρήνη γε μακρὰ
κατέχει τὸ βαλανεῖον οὐδὲν οὖν δεῖ στρατοπέδου. ὁ
δὲ ἀκούων ἀεί μεταξὺ ἐπαιδεύετο. τὴν δὲ ἐσθῆτα τὴν ποικίλην καὶ τὰς πορφυρίδας ἐκείνας
ἀπέδυσαν αὐτὸν ἀστείως πάνυ τὸ ἀνθηρὸν ἐπισκώπτοντες τῶν χρωμάτων, Ἔαρ ἤδη, λέγοντες, καί, Πόθεν ὁ ταὼς οὗτος; καί, Τάχα τῆς μητρός ἐστιν
αὐτοῦ: καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα. καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δὲ οὕτως
[p. 114] ἀπέσκωπτον, ἢ τῶν δακτυλίων τὸ πλῆθος ἢ τῆς κόμης τὸ περίεργον ἢ τῆς διαίτης τὸ ἀκόλαστον:
ὥστε κατὰ μικρὸν ἐσωφρονίσθη καὶ παρὰ πολὺ βελτίων ἀπῆλθε δημοσίᾳ πεπαιδευμένος.
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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