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καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο, ὅπερ ἔφη ὁ ἀντίδικος, ὡς ἄρα ἐπεγείρει ὁ καλὸς οἶκος τὸν λέγοντα καὶ
προθυμότερον παρασκευάζει, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ τὸ ἐναντίον ποιεῖν ἐκπλήττει γὰρ καὶ φοβεῖ καὶ τὸν λογισμὸν διαταράττει καὶ δειλότερον ἐργάζεται
ἐνθυμούμενον ὡς ἁπάντων ἐστὶν αἴσχιστον ἐν
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εὐμόρφῳ χωρίῳ μὴ ὁμοίους φαίνεσθαι τοὺς λόγους. ἐλέγχων γὰρ οὗτός γε ὁ φανερώτατος, ὥσπερ ἂν
. εἴ τις πανοπλίαν καλὴν ἐνδὺς ἔπειτα φεύγοι πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐπισημότερος ὢν δειλὸς ἀπὸ τῶν ὅπλων. τοῦτο δέ μοι δοκεῖ λογισάμενος καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ὁμήρου ῥήτωρ ἐκεῖνος εὐμορφίας ἐλάχιστον φροντίσαι, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ παντελῶς ἀΐδρει φωτὶ
ἑαυτὸν ἀπεικάσαι, ἵνα αὐτῷ παραδοξότερον φαίνηται τῶν λόγων τὸ κάλλος ἐκ τῆς πρὸς τὸ
ἀμορφότερον ἐξετάσεως. ἄλλως τε ἀνάγκη πᾶσα καὶ τὴν τοῦ λέγοντος αὐτοῦ διάνοιαν ἀσχολεῖσθαι περὶ τὴν θέαν καὶ τῆς φροντίδος τὸ ἀκριβὲς ἐκλύειν τῆς
ὄψεως ἐπικρατούσης καὶ πρὸς αὑτὴν καλούσης καὶ τῷ λόγῳ προσέχειν οὐκ ἐώσης. ὥστε τίς μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ πάντως ἔλαττον ἐρεῖν αὐτὸν τῆς ψυχῆς διατριβούσης περὶ τὸν τῶν ὁρωμένων
ἔπαινον;
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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