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σκεπτόμενος δὲ κατ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἔννοιαν ἦλθον, εἰκὸς εἶναι τοὺς θεοὺς ἀνδρὶ περὶ παιδείαν ἔχοντι ταῦτα προστάσσοντας κελεύειν προσφέρειν σοι τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης. ταύτην οὖν αἰσιωτάτην νομίζων τὴν τῶν σῶν γενεθλίων ἡμέραν δίδωμί σοι τοὺς ἱστορημένους εἰς μακρὸν γῆρας ἀφικέσθαι ἐν ὑγιαινούσῃ τῇ ψυχῇ καὶ ὁλοκλήρῳ τῷ σώματι. καὶ γὰρ ἂν καὶ ὄφελος
γένοιτὸ τί σοι ἐκ τοῦ συγγράμματος διπλοῦν
τὸ μὲν εὐθυμία τις καὶ ἐλπὶς ἀγαθὴ καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ μήκιστον δύνασθαι βιῶναι, τὸ δὲ διδασκαλία τις
ἐκ παραδειγμάτων, εἰ ἐπιγνοίης ὅτι οἱ μάλιστα
ἑαυτῶν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιησάμενοι κατά τε σῶμα
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καὶ κατὰ ψυχήν, οὗτοι δὴ εἰς μακρότατον γῆρας ἦλθον σὺν ὑγιείᾳ παντελεῖ.
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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