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ταῦτα μὲν ἱκανῶς: ὅτι δὲ μὴ φίλος ἀλλὰ
παράσιτος ἦν ὁ Πάτροκλος τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως πειρῶ
λέγειν.
Σίμων
αὐτόν, ὦ Τυχιάδη, τὸν Πάτροκλον ὅτι
παράσιτος ἦν λέγοντά σοι παρέξομαι.
Τυχιάδης
θαυμαστὰ λέγεις.
Σίμων
ἄκουε τοίνυν αὐτῶν τῶν ἐπῶν
μὴ ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέ᾽, Ἀχιλλεῦ,
ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοῦ, ὡς ἐτράφην περ ἐν ὑμετέροισι δόμοισι. καὶ πάλιν ὑποβάς, ‘ καὶ νῦν με δεξάμενος,’ φησίν, ‘ὁ Πηλεὺς ἔτρεφεν ἐνδυκέως καὶ σὸν θεράποντ᾽ ὀνόμηνε.’ τουτέστι παράσιτον εἶχεν. εἰ μὲν τοίνυν φίλον ἐβούλετο τὸν Πάτροκλον λέγειν, οὐκ ἂν αὐτὸν ὠνόμαζεν θεράποντα: ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ἦν ὁ Πάτροκλος. τίνας τοίνυν λέγει τοὺς θεράποντας, εἰ
[p. 298] μήτε τοὺς δούλους μήτε τοὺς φίλους; τοὺς παρασίτους δῆλον ὅτι: ᾗ καὶ τὸν Μηριόνην τοῦ Ἰδομενέως καὶ αὐτὸν θεράποντα ὀνομάζει.^
Σκόπει δὲ ὅτι καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν μὲν Ἰδομενέα Διὸς ὄντα υἱὸν οὐκ ἀξιοῖ λέγειν ‘ ἀτάλαντον
Ἄρηϊ,’ Μηριόνην δὲ τὸν παράσιτον αὐτοῦ.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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