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ὅτι γὰρ οὐκ ἀξιόμαχον λόγων ἰσχὺς
ὄψει ἀνταγωνίσασθαι καὶ ὁ Σειρήνων μῦθος
[p. 196]
παρατεθεὶς τῷ περὶ τῶν Γοργόνων διδάξειεν ἄν:
ἐκεῖναι μὲν γὰρ ἐκήλουν τοὺς παραπλέοντας μελῳδοῦσαι καὶ κολακεύουσαι: τοῖς ᾁσμασιν καὶ καταπλεύσαντας ἐπὶ πολὺ κατεῖχον, καὶ ὅλως τὸ ἔργον αὐτῶν ἐδεῖτό τινος διατριβῆς, καὶ πού τις
αὐτὰς καὶ παρέπλευσε καὶ τοῦ μέλους παρήκουσε:
τὸ δὲ τῶν Γοργόνων κάλλος, ἅτε βιαιότατόν τε ὂν καὶ τοῖς καιριωτάτοις τῆς ψυχῆς ὁμιλοῦν, εὐθὺς ἐξίστη τοὺς ἰδόντας καὶ ἀφώνους ἐποίει, ὡς δὲ ὁ μῦθος βούλεται καὶ λέγεται, λίθινοι ἐγίγνοντο ὑπὸ θαύματος. ὥστε καὶ ὃν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ταὼ λόγον
εἶπε πρὸς ὑμᾶς μικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν, ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ εἰρῆσθαι νομίζω: καὶ γὰρ ἐκείνου ἐν τῇ ὄψει, οὐκ
ἐν τῇ φωνῇ τὸ τερπνόν. καὶ εἲ γέ τις παραστησάμενος τὴν ἀηδόνα ἢ τὸν κύκνον ᾁδειν κελεύοι,
μεταξὺ δὲ ᾀδόντων παραδείξειε τὸν ταὼ σιωπῶντα, εὖ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι . ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνον μεταβήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ μακρὰ χαίρειν φράσασα τοῖς ἐκείνων
ᾄσμασιν: οὕτως ἄμαχόν τι ἔοικεν εἶναι ἡ
δι᾽ ὄψεως ἡδονή.
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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