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λέξω δὲ πρῶτον μὲν ὁπόσα χρὴ αὐτόν σε οἴκοθεν ἔχοντα ἥκειν ἐφόδια πρὸς τὴν πορείαν
καὶ ὅπως ἐπισιτίσασθαι, ὡς ἂν τάχιστα διανύσαι δυνηθείης. ἔπειτα καὐτὸς ἃ μὲν προϊόντι
ἐπιδεικνὺς κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἃ δὲ καὶ παραινῶν, πρὶν
ἥλιον δῦναι ῥήτορά σε ὑπὲρ τοὺς πάντας
ἀποφανῶ, οἷος αὐτός εἰμι, ἀναμφιλέκτως τὰ
[p. 154] πρῶτα καὶ μέσα καὶ τελευταῖα τῶν λέγειν ἐπιχειρούντων. κόμιζε τοίνυν τὸ μέγιστον μὲν τὴν ἀμαθίαν,
εἶτα θράσος, ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ τόλμαν καὶ ἀναισχυντίαν. αἰδῶ δὲ ἢ ἐπιείκειαν ἢ μετριότητα ἢ ἐρύθημα οἴκοι ἀπόλιπε: ἀχρεῖα γὰρ καὶ ὑπεναντία
τῷ πράγματι. ἀλλὰ καὶ βοὴν ὅτι μεγίστην καὶ μέλος ἀναίσχυντον καὶ βάδισμα οἷον τὸ ἐμόν. ταῦτα δὲ ἀναγκαῖα πάνυ καὶ μόνα ἔστιν ὅτε
ἱκανά. καὶ ἡ ἐσθὴς δὲ ἔστω εὐανθὴς ἢ ^ λευκή, ἔργον ^ τῆς Ταραντίνης ἐργασίας:, ὡς διαφαίνεσθαι
τὸ σῶμα, καὶ ἢ κρηπὶς Ἀττικὴ γυναικεία, τὸ πολυσχιδές, ἢ ἐμβὰς Σικυωνία πίλοις τοῖς λευκοῖς ἐπιπρέπουσα, καὶ ἀκόλουθοι πολλοὶ καὶ βιβλίον ἀεί, ταῦτα μὲν αὐτὸν χρὴ συντελεῖν τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα
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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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