καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι τοὺς χυτρέας καὶ ἰπνοποιοὺς καὶ πάντας, ὅσοι πηλουργοί, Προμηθέας ἀπεκάλουν ἐπισκώπτοντες ἐς τὸν πηλὸν καὶ τὴν ἐν πυρὶ οἶμαι τῶν σκευῶν ὄπτησιν: καὶ εἴ γε σοι τοῦτο βούλεται εἶναι ὁ Προμηθεύς, πάνυ εὐστόχως ἀποτετόξευται καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἀττικὴν δριμύτητα τῶν σκωμμάτων, ἐπεὶ καὶ εὔθρυπτα ἡμῖν τὰ ἔργα, ὥσπερ ἐκείνοις τὰ χυτρίδια, καὶ μικρόν τις λίθον ἐμβαλὼν συντρίψειεν ἂν πάντα.
Κλέων Προμηθεύς ἐστι μετὰ τὰ πράγματα.
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ἡμεῖς δὲ οἱ ἐς τὰ πλήθη παριόντες καὶ τὰς
τοιαύτας τῶν ἀκροάσεων ἐπαγγέλλοντες εἴδωλα ἄττα
ἐπιδεικνύμεθα: καὶ τὸ μὲν ὅλον ἐν πηλῷ, καθαπερ ἔφην
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μικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν, ἡ πλαστικὴ κατὰ ταὐτὰ τοῖς κοροπλάθοις:
τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα οὔτε κίνησις ὁμοία πρόσεστιν οὔτε
ψυχῆς δεῖγμά τι, ἀλλὰ τέρψις ἄλλως καὶ παιδιὰ τὸ πρᾶγμα.
ὥστε μοι ἐνθυμεῖσθαι ἔπεισι, μὴ ἄρα οὕτω με Προμηθέα
λέγοις εἶναι, ὡς ὁ κωμικὸς τὸν Κλέωνα: φησὶ δέ,
οἶσθα, περὶ αὐτοῦ:
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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