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τοῖς πλουσίοις δ᾽, ὦ φίλτατον Πολυδεύκιον,
ἀπάγγελλε ταῦτα παρ᾽ ἡμῶν: τί, ὦ μάταιοι, τὸν
χρυσὸν φυλάττετε; τί δὲ τιμωρεῖσθε ἑαυτοὺς λογιζόμενοι
τοὺς τόκους καὶ τάλαντα ἐπὶ ταλάντοις συντιθέντες,
οὓς χρὴ ἕνα ὀβολὸν ἔχοντας ἥκειν μετ᾽ ὀλίγον;
Πολυδεύκης
εἰρήσεται καὶ ταῦτα πρὸς ἐκείνους.
Διογένης
ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς καλοῖς τε καὶ ἰσχυροῖς λέγε,
Μεγίλλῳ τε τῷ Κορινθίῳ καὶ Δαμοξένῳ τῷ παλαιστῇ,
ὅτι παρ᾽ ἡμῖν οὔτε ἡ ξανθὴ κόμη οὔτε τὰ χαροπὰ ἢ μέλανα
ὄμματα ἢ ἐρύθημα ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου ἔτι ἔστιν ἢ
νεῦρα εὔτονα ἢ ὦμοι καρτεροί, ἀλλὰ πάντα μία ἡμῖν κόνις,
φασί, κρανία γυμνὰ τοῦ κάλλους.
Πολυδεύκης
οὐ χαλεπὸν οὐδὲ ταῦτα εἰπεῖν πρὸς τοὺς καλοὺς καὶ ἰσχυρούς.
Διογένης
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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