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μόνου: εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο βούλει, σὺ δὲ ἄλλον τρόπον ἀμείνω κατὰ τάχος ἐκφόρησον αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας μηδ᾽ ὀβολὸν αὑτῷ ἀνείς, διαδιδοὺς ἅπασι τοῖς δεομένοις, ᾧ μὲν πέντε δραχμάς, ᾧ δὲ μνᾶν,
ᾧ δὲ ἡμιτάλαντον εἰ δέ τις φιλόσοφος εἴη, διμοιρίαν ἢ τριμοιρίαν φέρεσθαι δίκαιος: ἐμοὶ δὲ — καίτοι οὐκ ἐμαυτοῦ χάριν αἰτῶ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως μεταδῶ τῶν ἑταίρων τοῖς δεομένοις — ἱκανὸν εἰ ταυτηνὶ τὴν
[p. 392] πήραν ἐμπλήσας παράσχοις οὐδὲ ὅλους δύο μεδίμνους χωροῦσαν Αἰγινητικούς. ὀλιγαρκῆ δὲ καὶ
μέτριον χρὴ εἶναι τὸν φιλοσοφοῦντα καὶ μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὴν πήραν φρονεῖν.
Τίμων
ἐπαινῶ ταῦτά σου, ὦ Θρασύκλεις: πρὸ δ᾽ οὖν τῆς πήρας, εἰ δοκεῖ, φέρε σοι τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐμπλήσω κονδύλων ἐπιμετρήσας τῇ δικέλλῃ.
Θρασυκλῆς
ὦ δημοκρατία καὶ νόμοι, παιόμεθα ὑπὸ τοῦ καταράτου ἐν ἐλευθέρᾳ τῇ πόλει.
Τίμων
τί ἀγανακτεῖς, ὦγαθέ; μῶν ^ παρακέκρουσμαί
σε; καὶ μὴν ἐπεμβαλῶ χοίνικας ὑπὲρ τὸ μέτρον
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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