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μὴ ἐρήμην, ὦ γενναῖε, μηδὲ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀπόντων μόνος αὐτὸς λέγων οἴου κρατεῖν ἔσται γάρ τις ὁ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἐκείνων σοι τὰ εἰκότα ἐν Σπάρτῃ
ἀντερῶν. πλὴν ἀλλὰ ἐπείπερ ἐγὼ τὰ ἡμέτερά σοι
διεξελήλυθα, σὺ δὲ οὐ πάνυ ἀρεσκομένῳ αὐτοῖς ἔοικας, οὐκ ἄδικα αἰτήσειν ἔοικα παρὰ σοῦ ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ μέρει διεξέλθῃς πρός με ὃν
[p. 68] τρόπον ὑμεῖς οἱ Σκύθαι; διασκεῖτε τοὺς νέους τοὺς παρ᾽ ὑμῖν καὶ οἷστισι γυμνασίοις ἀνατρέφετε καὶ ὅπως ὑμῖν ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ γίγνονται.
Ἀνάχαρσις
δικαιότατα μὲν οὖν, ὦ Σόλων, καὶ ἔγωγε διηγήσομαι τὰ Σκυθῶν νόμιμα, οὐ σεμνὰ ἴσως
οὐδὲ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς, οἵ γε οὐδὲ κατὰ κόρρης
παταχθῆναι τολμήσαιμεν ἂν μίαν πληγὴν δειλοὶ γάρ ἐσμεν ἀλλὰ εἰρήσεταί γε ὁποῖα ἂν εἰς αὔριον
μέντοι, εἰ δοκεῖ, ὑπερβαλώμεθα τὴν συνουσίαν,
ὡς ἅ τε αὐτὸς ἔφης ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐννοήσαιμι καθ᾽
ἡσυχίαν ἅ τε χρὴ εἰπεῖν συναγάγοιμι τῇ μνήμῃ
ἐπελθών. τὸ δὲ νῦν ἔχον ἀπίωμεν ἐπὶ τούτοις: ἑσπέρα γὰρ ἤδη.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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