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πῶς οὖν οὐ χαλεπὸς τῷ λέγοντι ἀνταγωνιστὴς
οἶκος οὕτω καλὸς καὶ περίβλεπτος ὤν; μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ μέγιστον οὐδέπω φημί: ὑμεῖς γὰρ
αὐτοὶ οἱ δικασταὶ καὶ μεταξὺ λεγόντων ἡμῶν ἐς τὴν ὀροφὴν ἀπεβλέπετε καὶ τοὺς τοίχους ἐθαυμάζετε καὶ τὰς γραφὰς ἐξητάζετε πρὸς ἑκάστην ἀποστρεφόμενοι. καὶ μηδὲν αἰσχυνθῆτε: συγγνώμη γάρ, εἴ τι ἀνθρώπινον πεπόνθατε, ἄλλως τε καὶ πρὸς οὕτω καλὰς καὶ ποικίλας τὰς ὑποθέσεις.
τῆς γὰρ τέχνης τὸ ἀκριβὲς καὶ τῆς ἱστορίας μετὰ τοῦ ἀρχαίου τὸ ὠφέλιμον ἐπαγωγὸν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ πεπαιδευμένων θεατῶν δεόμενον. καὶ ἵνα μὴ πάντα ἐκεῖσε ἀποβλέπητε ἡμᾶς ἀπολιπόντες, φέρε
ὡς οἷόν τε γράψωμαι αὐτὰ ὑμῖν τῷ λόγῳ: ἡσθήσεσθε γάρ, οἶμαι, ἀκούοντες ἃ καὶ ὁρῶντες θαυμάζετε. καὶ ἴσως ἄν με καὶ δι᾽ αὐτὸ ἐπαινέσαιτε καὶ τοῦ ἀντιδίκου προτιμήσαιτε, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπιδείξαντα καὶ διπλασιάσαντα ὑμῖν τὴν ἡδονήν. τὸ χαλεπὸν δὲ τοῦ τολμήματος ὁρᾶτε, ἄνευ χρωμάτων καὶ σχημάτων καὶ τόπου συστήσασθαι τοσαύτας εἰκόνας: ψιλὴ γάρ τις ἡ γραφὴ τῶν λόγων.
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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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