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ἀποτελεσθῇ: ἔτι γάρ, ὦ πάντων γενναιότατε,
καταλέλοιπάς τι κάλλος ἔξω τοῦ ἀγάλματος
οὕτως πάντα εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ συμπεφορηκώς.
Λυκῖνος
τί τοῦτο ;
Πολύστρατος
οὐ τὸ ^ μικρότατον, ὦ φιλότης, εἰ μή σοι δόξει ὀλίγα πρὸς εὐμορφίαν συντελεῖν χρόα καὶ τὸ ἑκάστῳ πρέπον, ὡς μέλανα μὲν εἶναι ἀκριβῶς ὁπόσα μέλανα, λευκὰ δὲ ὅσα τοιαῦτα χρή, καὶ
τὸ ἐρύθημα ἐπανθεῖν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα: κινδυνεύει τοῦ μεγίστου ἔτι ἡμῖν προσδεῖν.
Λυκῖνος
πόθεν οὖν καὶ ταῦτα πορισαίμεθ᾽ ἄν ; ἢ παρακαλέσαιμεν δηλαδὴ τοὺς γραφέας, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόσοι αὐτῶν ἄριστοι ἐγένοντο κεράσασθαι τὰ χρώματα καὶ εὔκαιρον ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπιβολὴν
αὐτῶν; καὶ δὴ παρακεκλήσθω Πολύγνωτος καὶ
[p. 270] Εὐφράνωρ ἐκεῖνος καὶ Ἀπελλῆς καὶ Ἀετίων
οὗτοι δὲ διελόμενοι τὸ ἔργον ὁ μὲν Εὐφράνωρ χρωσάτω τὴν κόμην οἵαν τῆς Ἥρας ἔγραψεν,
ὁ Πολύγνωτος δὲ ὀφρύων τὸ ἐπιπρεπὲς καὶ παρειῶν τὸ ἐνερευθὲς οἵαν τὴν Κασάνδραν ἐν
τῇ λέσχῃ ἐποίησεν τοῖς Δελφοῖς, καὶ ἐσθῆτα δὲ οὗτος ποιησάτω εἰς τὸ λεπτότατον ἐξειργασμένην,
ὡς συνεστάλθαι μὲν ὅσα χρή, διηνεμῶσθαι δὲ τὰ πολλά: τὸ δὲ ἄλλο σῶμα ὁ Ἀπελλῆς δειξάτω κατὰ τὴν Πακάτην μάλιστα, μὴ ἄγαν λευκὸν ἀλλὰ ἔναιμον ἁπλῶς: τὰ χείλη δὲ οἷα Ῥωξάνης
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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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