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ἄνδρες τοίνυν δικασταί, φησὶν ὁ λόγος, ὁ μὲν προειπὼν ῥήτωρ πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τόνδε τὸν
οἶκον ἐπῄνεσε καὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λόγῳ ἐκόσμησεν, ἐγὼ δὲ τοσούτου δέω ψόγον αὐτοῦ διεξελεύσεσθαι,
ὥστε καὶ τὰ ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου παραλελειμμένα προσθήσειν μοι δοκῶ: ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ὑμῖν καλλίων φαίνηται, τοσῷδε ὑπεναντίος τῇ τοῦ λέγοντος χρείᾳ δειχθήσεται. καὶ πρῶτόν γε ἐπειδὴ γυναικῶν καὶ κόσμου
καὶ χρυσοῦ ἐκεῖνος ἐμνημόνευσεν, κἀμοὶ ἐπιτρέψατε χρήσασθαι τῷ παραδείγματι: φημὶ γὰρ οὖν καὶ γυναιξὶ καλαῖς οὐχ ὅπως
[p. 192] συλλαμβάνειν ἐς τὸ εὐμορφότερον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐναντιοῦσθαι
τὸν κόσμον τὸν πολύν, ὁπόταν τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων
ἕκαστος ὑπὸ τοῦ χρυσοῦ καὶ τῶν λίθων τῶν πολυτελῶν ἐκπλαγεὶς ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπαινεῖν ἢ ' χρόαν ἢ βλέμμα ἢ δειρὴν ἢ πῆχυν ἢ δάκτυλον, ὁ δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἀφεὶς ἐς τὴν σαρδὼ ἢ τὸν σμάραγδον ἢ τὸν ὅρμον
ἢ τὸ ψέλιον ἀποβλέπῃ, ὥστε ἄχθοιτο ἂν εἰκότως
παρορωμένη διὰ τὸν κόσμον, οὐκ ἀγόντων σχολὴν ἐπαινεῖν αὐτὴν τῶν θεατῶν, ἀλλὰ πάρεργον αὐτῆς ποιουμένων τὴν θέαν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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