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ἀλλ᾽ οἶσθα, ὦ Λυκῖνε, οὐχὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις
μόνον ἐπίστευον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐμαυτῷ: ἑώρων γὰρ αὐτοὺς
κοσμίως βαδίζοντας, ἀναβεβλημένους εὐσταλῶς, φροντίζοντας
ἀεί, ἀρρενωπούς, ἐν χρῷ κουρίας τοὺς πλείστους,
οὐδὲν ἁβρὸν οὐδ᾽ αὖ πάνυ ἐς τὸ ἀδιάφορον ὑπερεκπῖπτον,
ὡς ἔκπληκτον εἶναι καὶ κυνικὸν ἀτεχνῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ
τοῦ μέσου καταστήματος, ὃ δὴ ἄριστον ἅπαντες εἶναι φασιν.
Λυκῖνος
ἆρ᾽ οὖν κἀκεῖνα εἶδες ποιοῦντας αὐτούς, ἃ
μικρῷ πρόσθεν ἔλεγον αὐτὸς ἑωρακέναι τὸν σὸν διδάσκαλον,
ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, πράττοντα; οἷον δανείζοντας καὶ
ἀπαιτοῦντας πικρῶς καὶ φιλονείκως πάνυ ἐρίζοντας ἐν
ταῖς ξυνουσίαις καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα ἐπιδείκνυνται; ἢ τούτων
ὀλίγον σοι μέλει, ἄχρι ἂν εὐσταλὴς ἡ ἀναβολὴ καὶ
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ὁ πώγων βαθὺς καὶ ἐν χρῷ ἡ κουρά; καὶ πρὸς το λοιπὸν
ἄρα ἔχωμεν τουτονὶ κανόνα καὶ στάθμην ἀκριβῆ τῶν
τοιούτων, ὡς Ἑρμότιμός φησι, καὶ χρὴ ἀπὸ σχημάτων
καὶ βαδισμάτων καὶ κουρᾶς διαγιγνώσκειν τοὺς ἀρίστους,
ὃς δ᾽ ἂν μὴ ἔχῃ ταῦτα μηδὲ σκυθρωπὸς ᾖ καὶ φροντιστικὸς
τὸ πρόσωπον, ἀποδοκιμαστέος καὶ ἀποβλητέος;
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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