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τινὶ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων με καταλιπόντες. οὔτ᾽ οὖν ἐκείνους οὔτε τοὺς πάνυ προχείρους εἰς ἐμὲ τούτους ἐπαινῶ, ἀλλὰ τούς, ὅπερ ἄριστόν ἐστι, μέτρον
[p. 344] ἐπιθήσοντας τῷ πράγματι καὶ μήτε ἀφεξομένους
τὸ παράπαν μήτε προησομένους τὸ ὅλον.
σκόπει; γάρ, ὦ Ζεῦ, πρὸς τοῦ Διός. εἴ τις νόμῳ γήμας γυναῖκα νέαν καὶ καλὴν ἔπειτα μήτε φυλάττοι μήτε ζηλοτυποῖ τὸ παράπαν, ἀφιεὶς καὶ
βαδίζειν ἔνθα ἐθέλοι νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν καὶ συνεῖναι τοῖς βουλομένοις, μᾶλλον δὲ αὐτὸς ἀπάγοι μοιχευθησομένην ἀνοίγων τὰς θύρας καὶ μαστροπεύων καὶ πάντας ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν καλῶν, ἆρα ὁ τοιοῦτος ἐρᾶν δόξειεν ἄν; οὐ σύ γε, ὦ Ζεῦ, τοῦτο
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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