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ἠξίου δέ σε μηδὲ ἀξυνετωτέραν αὐτὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, ὃς τοῦ ἀρχιτέκτονος ὑπισχνουμένου τὸν Ἄθω ὅλον μετασχηματίσειν καὶ μορφώσειν πρὸς αὐτόν, ὡς τὸ ὄρος ἅπαν εἰκόνα γενέσθαι τοῦ βασιλέως, ἔχοντα δύο πόλεις
ἐν ταῖν χεροῖν, οὐ προσήκατο τὴν τερατείαν τῆς ὑποσχέσεως, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν ἡγησάμενος τὸ τόλμημα ἔπαυσεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐ πιθανῶς κολοσσοὺς ἀναπλάττοντα καὶ τὸν Ἄθω κατὰ χώραν ἐᾶν ἐκέλευσεν μηδὲ κατασμικρύνειν ὄρος
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οὕτω μέγα πρὸς μικροῦ σώματος ὁμοιότητα.
ἐπῄνει δὲ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον τῆς μεγαλοψυχίας καὶ ἀνδριάντα μείζω τοῦτον τοῦ Ἄθω ἔλεγεν
αὐτοῦ ἀνεστάναι ἐν ταῖς τῶν ἀεὶ μεμνησομένων διανοίαις: οὐ γὰρ μικρᾶς εἶναι γνώμης ὑπεριδεῖν
οὕτω παραδόξου τιμῆς.
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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