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φυλὴ τῷδε καὶ πατρίς, εἰ πατὴρ καὶ γένος, εἰ ἐξ
ἐλευθέρων καὶ μὴ νόθος, ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, εἰ νέος καὶ
μὴ ὑπὲρ παῖδα: εἰ δ᾽ ἐγκρατὴς ἢ ἀκρατής, εἰ μεθυστής,
εἰ λίχνος, εἰ θαρσαλέος ἢ δειλός, ῾οὔτε γιγνώσκουσιν᾽,
οὔτε, εἰ γιγνώσκοιεν, οὐδὲν οἱ νόμοι
σφίσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν τοιούτων διαλέγονται, τὸν δὲ γυμναστὴν
῾δεἶ ἐξεπίστασθαι ταῦτα φύσεώς που κριτὴν
ὄντα. γιγνωσκέτω δὴ τὴν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἠθικὴν
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πᾶσαν, ὑφ᾽ ἧς δηλοῦνται μὲν οἱ νωθροὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων,
δηλοῦνται δὲ οἱ ξύντονοι εἴρωνές τε καὶ ἧττον
καρτερικοὶ καὶ ἀκρατεῖς: ἄλλα γὰρ μελανοφθάλμων,
ἄλλα δὲ χαροπῶν τε καὶ γλαυκῶν καὶ ὑφαίμων ὀφθαλμῶν
ἤθη, ἕτερα δὲ ξανθῶν καὶ ὑπεστιγμένων,
προπαλῶν τε καὶ κοίλων, ἡ γὰρ φύσις ὥρας μὲν
ἄστροις ἐσημήνατο, ἤθη δὲ ὀφθαλμοῖς τὴν δὲ αὖ
τῶν σώματος ῾μερῶν ἀναλογίαν᾽, ὥσπερ ἐν ἀγαλματοποιίᾳ,
ὧδε ἐπισκεπτέον: σφυρὸν μὲν καρπῷ ὁμολογεῖν
῾δεῖ,᾿ κνήμῃ δὲ πῆχυν, καὶ βραχίονα μηρῷ ἀντικρίνεσθαι
καὶ ὤμῳ γλουτόν, μετάφρενα θεωρεῖσθαι
πρὸς γαστέρα καὶ στέρνα ἐκκεῖσθαι παραπλησίως
τοῖς ὑπὸ τὸ ἰσχίον, κεφαλήν τε, σχῆμα τοῦ παντὸς
οὖσαν, πρὸς ταῦτα πάντα ἔχειν συμμέτρως.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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