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πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ ἄλλους ὁμοίους τούτοις ἔχων σοι,
ὦ ἑταῖρε, καταριθμήσασθαι, ὀλίγων ὅμως ἐπιμνησθεὶς
ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν ὑπόσχεσιν ἤδη μετελεύσομαι, τὴν συμβουλὴν
ὅπως ἂν ἄμεινον συγγράφοι τις: εἰσὶ γάρ τινες,
οἳ τὰ μεγάλα μὲν τῶν πεπραγμένων καὶ ἀξιομνημόνευτα
παραλείπουσιν ἢ παραθέουσιν, ὑπὸ δὲ ἰδιωτείας καὶ ἀπειροκαλίας
καὶ ἀγνοίας τῶν λεκτέων ἢ σιωπητέων τὰ μικρότατα
πάνυ λιπαρῶς καὶ φιλοπόνως ἑρμηνεύουσιν ἐμβραδύνοντες,
ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ
τὸ μὲν ὅλον κάλλος τοσοῦτον καὶ τοιοῦτον ὂν μὴ βλέποι
μηδὲ ἐπαινοίη μηδὲ τοῖς οὐκ εἰδόσιν ἐξηγοῖτο, τοῦ ὑποποδίου
δὲ τό τε εὐθυεργὲς καὶ τὸ εὔξεστον θαυμάζοι καὶ
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τῆς κρηπῖδος τὸ εὔρυθμον, καὶ ταῦτα πάνυ μετὰ πολλῆς
φροντίδος διεξιών.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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