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βούλει οὖν ἀφέμενος, ὦ ἑταῖρε, τῶν βλασφημιῶν τούτων ἀκοῦσαὶ μού τι περὶ ὀρχήσεως λέγοντος καὶ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ καλῶν, καὶ ὡς οὐ
τερπνὴ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν τοῖς θεωμένοις, καὶ ὅσα παιδεύει καὶ ὅσα διδάσκει, καὶ
ὡς ῥυθμίζει τῶν ὁρώντων τὰς ψυχάς, καλλίστοις θεάμασιν ἐγγυμνάζουσα καὶ ἀρίστοις ἀκούσμασιν ἐνδιατρίβουσα καὶ κοινόν τι ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος κάλλος ἐπιδεικνυμένη ; τὸ γὰρ καὶ μετὰ μουσικῆς
καὶ ῥυθμοῦ ταῦτα πάντα ποιεῖν οὐ ψόγος ἂν αὐτῆς ἀλλ᾽ ἔπαινος μᾶλλον εἴη.
Κράτων
ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐ πάνυ σχολὴ μεμηνότος ἀνθρώπου ἀκροᾶσθαι τὴν νόσον τὴν αὑτοῦ ἐπαινοῦντος:
σὺ δὲ εἰ βούλει λῆρόν τινα κατασκεδάσαι μου,
ἕτοιμος φιλικὴν ταύτην λειτουργίαν ὑποστῆναι
καὶ παρασχεῖν τὰ ὦτα, καὶ ἄνευ κηροῦ παρακούειν τῶν φαύλων δυνάμενος. ὥστε ἤδη σιωπήσομαί σοι, καὶ λέγε ὁπόσα ἐθέλεις ὡς μηδὲ ἀκούοντός τινος.
Λυκῖνος
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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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