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οἴει γὰρ τοιοῦτον οἷός εἰμι ὁρᾶσθαι αὐτοῖς,
χωλὸν ἢ τυφλὸν ἢ ὅσα ἄλλα μοι πρόσεστιν;
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Ἑρμῆς
ἀλλὰ πῶς, ὦ Πλοῦτε, εἰ μὴ τυφλοὶ καὶ αὐτοι πάντες εἰσίν;
Πλοῦτος
οὐ τυφλοί, ὦ ἄριστε, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ ἄγνοια καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη, αἵπερ νῦν κατέχουσι τὰ πάντα, ἐπισκιάζουσιν αὐτούς: ἔτι δὲ καὶ αὐτός, ὡς μὴ
παντάπασιν ἄμορφος εἴην, προσωπεῖόν τι ἐρασμιώτατον περιθέμενος, διάχρυσον καὶ λιθοκόλλητον, καὶ
ποικίλα ἐνδὺς ἐντυγχάνω αὐτοῖς: οἱ δὲ
αὐτοπρόσωπον οἰόμενοι ὁρᾶν τὸ κάλλος ἐρῶσι καὶ ἀπόλλυνται μὴ τυγχάνοντες. ὡς εἲ γέ τις αὐτοῖς ὅλον ἀπογυμνώσας ἐπέδειξέ με, δῆλον ὡς κατεγίνωσκον
ἂν αὑτῶν ἀμβλυώττοντες τὰ τηλικαῦτα καὶ ἐρῶντες ἀνεράστων καὶ ἀμόρφων πραγμάτων.
Ἑρμῆς
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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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