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ὥστε, ὦ θαυμάσιε, ὅρα μὴ ἀνόσιον ᾖ
κατηγορεῖν ἐπιτηδεύματος θείου τε ἅμα καὶ μυστικοῦ καὶ τοσούτοις θεοῖς ἐσπουδασμένου καὶ ἐπὶ τιμῇ αὐτῶν δρωμένου καὶ τοσαύτην τέρψιν ἅμα
καὶ παιδείαν ^ ὠφέλιμον παρεχομένου. θαυμάζω δέ σου κἀκεῖνο, εἰδὼς Ὁμήρου
καὶ Ἡσιόδου μάλιστα ἐραστὴν ὄντα σε αὖθις
γάρ ἐπὶ τοὺς ποιητὰς ἐπάνειμι, πῶς ἀντιφθέγγεσθαι ἐκείνοις τολμᾷς πρὸ τῶν πάντων ὄρχησιν
ἐπαινοῦσιν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ὅμηρος τὰ ἥδιστα καὶ κάλλιστα καταλέγων, ὕπνον καὶ φιλότητα καὶ μολπὴν καὶ ὄρχησιν , μόνην ταύτην ἀμύμονα ὠνόμασεν, προσμαρτυρήσας νὴ Δία καὶ τὸ ἡδὺ
τῇ μολπῇ, ἅπερ ἀμφότερα τῇ ὀρχηστικῇ] πρόσεστιν,
καὶ ᾠδὴ γλυκερὰ καὶ ὀρχησμὸς ^ ἀμύμων, ὃν
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σὺ νῦν μωμᾶσθαι ἐπινοεῖς. καὶ πάλιν ἐν ἑτέρῳ
μέρει τῆς ποιήσεως:
ἄλλῳ μὲν γὰρ ἔδωκε θεὸς πολεμήϊα ἔργα, ἄλλῳ δ᾽ ὀρχηστύν τε καὶ ἱμερόεσσαν ἀοιδήν. ἱμερόεσσα γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡ μετ᾽ ὀρχήσεως ᾠδὴ καὶ δῶρον θεῶν τοῦτο κάλλιστον. καὶ ἔοικεν εἰς δύο διῃρηκὼς ὁ Ὅμηρος τὰ πάντα πράγματα, πόλεμον καὶ εἰρήνην, τοῖς τοῦ πολέμου μόνα ταῦτα
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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