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περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐν τοῖς βαλανείοις δρωμένων πολλὰ μὲν διεξῄει, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἑπομένων, τὰς
ὕβρεις, τοὺς ἐπικειμένους τοῖς οἰκέταις καὶ μικροῦ δεῖν ἐκφερομένους. ἓν δέ τι καὶ μάλιστα μισεῖν
ἐῴκει, πολὺ δ᾽ ἓν τῇ πόλει τοῦτο καὶ τοῖς βαλανείοις ἐπιχωριάζον προϊόντας γάρ τινας τῶν οἰκετῶν δεῖ βοᾶν καὶ παραγγέλλειν προορᾶσθαι τοῖν ποδοῖν, ἢν ὑψηλόν τι ἢ κοῖλον μέλλωσιν ὑπερβαίνειν, καὶ ὑπομιμνήσκειν αὐτούς, τὸ καινότατον, ὅτι βαδίζουσιν. δεινὸν οὖν ἐποιεῖτο,
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εἰ στόματος μὲν ἀλλοτρίου δειπνοῦντες μὴ δέονται μηδὲ χειρῶν, μηδὲ τῶν ὤτων ἀκούοντες, ὀφθαλμῶν δὲ ὑγιαίνοντες ἀλλοτρίων δέονται προοψομένων καὶ ἀνέχονται φωνὰς ἀκούοντες δυστυχέσιν ἀνθρώποις πρεπούσας καὶ
πεπηρωμένοις: ταῦτα γὰρ αὐτὰ πάσχουσιν ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς
ἡμέρας μέσης καὶ οἱ τὰς πόλεις ἐπιτετραμμένοι.
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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