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ἡ δ᾽ ἀμοιβὴ οὐκ
ἔπαινος τοῦ οἴκου μόνον — τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ ἴσως ἐκείνῳ τῷ νησιώτῃ μειρακίῳ ἔπρεπε, τὴν Μενελάου οἰκίαν ὑπερεκπεπλῆχθαι καὶ πρὸς τὰ ἐν οὐρανῷ καλὰ τὸν ἐλέφαντα καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν αὐτῆς ἀπεικάζειν, ἅτε μηδὲν ἐν γῇ καλόν τι ἄλλο ἑωρακότι — - ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τοὺς βελτίστους συγκαλέσαντα λόγων ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι μέρος
τοῦ ἐπαίνου καὶ τοῦτο γένοιτο ἄν. καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὑπερήδιστον, οἶμαι, οἴκων ὁ κάλλιστος ἐς ὑποδοχὴν λόγων ἀναπεπταμένος
καὶ ἐπαίνου καὶ εὐφημίας μεστὸς ὤν, ἠρέμα καὶ αὐτὸς ὥσπερ τὰ ἄντρα συνεπηχῶν καὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις παρακολουθῶν καὶ παρατείνων τὰ τελευταῖα τῆς φωνῆς καὶ τοῖς ὑστάτοις τῶν λόγων ἐμβραδύνων, μᾶλλον δὲ ὡς ἄν τις εὐμαθὴς ἀκροατὴς
διαμνημονεύων τὰ εἰρημένα καὶ τὸν λέγοντα ἐπαινῶν καὶ ἀντίδοσιν οὐκ ἄμουσον ποιούμενος πρὸς αὐτά: οἷόν τι πάσχουσι πρὸς τὰ αὐλήματα τῶν ποιμένων αἱ σκοπιαὶ ἐπαυλοῦσαι, τῆς φωνῆς ἐπανιούσης κατὰ τὸ ἀντίτυπον καὶ πρὸς αὑτὴν
ἀναστρεφούσης: οἱ δὲ ἰδιῶται νομίζουσι παρθένον
τινὰ εἶναι τὴν ἀμειβομένην τοὺς ᾁδοντας ἢ
[p. 180] βοῶντας, ἐν μέσοις που τοῖς κρημνοῖς κατοικοῦσαν
καὶ λαλοῦσαν ἐκ τῶν πετρῶν ἔνδοθεν.
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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