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παύου, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τεράστιόν τι κάλλος ἀναπλάττων, ἀλλ᾽ εἰπέ, τίς ἡ γυνή ἐστιν.
Λυκῖνος
οἴει γάρ με ὑπερβαλέσθαι τῷ λόγῳ, ὃς δέδια
μή σοι ἰδόντι ἀσθενής τις ἐπαινέσαι δόξω, παρὰ τοσοῦτον ἀμείνων φανεῖται; πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἥτις μέν,
οὐκ ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι, θεραπεία δὲ πολλὴ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη περὶ αὐτὴν παρασκευὴ λαμπρὰ καὶ εὐνούχων
τι πλῆθος καὶ ἅβραι πάνυ πολλαί, καὶ ὅλως
μεῖζόν γε ἢ κατὰ ἰδιωτικὴν τύχην ἐδόκει τὸ πρᾶγμα εἶναι.
Πολύστρατος
οὐδὲ τοὔνομα ἐπύθου σύ γε ἥτις καλοῖτο ;
Λυκῖνος
οὐδαμῶς, ἢ τοῦτο μόνον, τῆς Ἰωνίας ἐστὶν τῶν θεατῶν γάρ τις ἀπιδὼν εἰς τὸν πλησίον, ἐπεὶ παρῆλθεν, ‘ τοιαῦτα μέντοι,’ ἔφη, ‘τὰ
Σμυρναϊκὰ κάλλη: καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὐδέν, εἰ ἡ
[p. 260] καλλίστη τῶν Ἰωνικῶν πόλεων τὴν καλλίστην γυναῖκα ἤνεγκεν.’ ἐδόκει δέ μοι Σμυρναῖος καὶ
αὐτὸς ὁ λέγων εἶναι, οὕτως ἐσεμνύνετο ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ.
Πολύστρατος
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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