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καὶ περὶ μὲν αὐτῆς ὀρχήσεως τοσαῦτα: τὸ γὰρ πάντα ἐπεξιόντα μηκύνειν τὸν λόγον
ἀπειρόκαλον. ἃ δὲ τὸν ὀρχηστὴν αὐτὸν ἔχειν χρὴ καὶ ὅπως δεῖ ἠσκῆσθαι καὶ ἃ μεμαθηκέναι καὶ οἷς
κρατύνειν τὸ ἔργον, ἤδη σοι δίειμι, ὡς μάθῃς
οὐ τῶν ῥᾳδίων καὶ τῶν εὐμεταχειρίστων οὖσαν τήν τέχνην, ἀλλὰ πάσης παιδεύσεως ἐς τὸ ἀκρότατον ἀφικνουμένην, οὐ μουσικῆς μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ῥυθμικῆς καὶ μετρικῆς, καὶ τῆς σῆς φιλοσοφίας μάλιστα, τῆς τε φυσικῆς καὶ τῆς ἠθικῆς: τὴν γὰρ διαλεκτικὴν αὐτῆς περιεργίαν ἄκαιρον αὑτῇ
νενόμικεν. οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ ῥητορικῆς ἀφέστηκεν, ἀλλὰ
καὶ ταύτης μετέχει, καθ᾽ ὅσον ἤθους τε καὶ πάθους ἐπιδεικτική ἐστιν, ὧν καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες γλίχονται. οὐκ ἀπήλλακται δὲ καὶ γραφικῆς καὶ
πλαστικῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ἐν ταύταις εὐρυθμίαν μάλιστα μιμουμένη φαίνεται, ὡς μηδὲν ἀμείνω μήτε Φειδίαν αὐτῆς μήτε Ἀπελλῆν εἶναι δοκεῖν.
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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