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τὴν τραγῳδίαν δέ γε ἀπὸ τοῦ σχήματος πρώτου καταμάθωμεν οἵα ἐστίν, ὡς εἰδεχθὲς ἅμα καὶ
φοβερὸν θέαμα εἰς μῆκος ἄρρυθμον ἠσκημένος
ἄνθρωπος, ἐμβάταις ὑψηλοῖς ἐποχούμενος,
πρόσωπον ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς ἀνατεινόμενον ἐπικείμενος καὶ στόμα κεχηνὸς πάμμεγα ὡς καταπιόμενος
τοὺς θεατάς. ἐῶ λέγειν προστερνίδια καὶ
[p. 240] προγαστρίδια, προσθετὴν καὶ ἐπιτεχνητὴν παχύτητα προσποιούμενος, ὡς μὴ τοῦ μήκους ἡ ἀρρυθμία
ἐν λεπτῷ μᾶλλον ἐλέγχοιτο: εἶτ᾽ ἔνδοθεν αὐτὸς
κεκραγώς, ἑαυτὸν ἀνακλῶν καὶ κατακλῶν, ἐνίοτε καὶ περιᾴδων τὰ ἰαμβεῖα καί, τὸ δὴ αἴσχιστον, μελῳδῶν τὰς συμφοράς, καὶ μόνης τῆς φωνῆς ὑπεύθυνον παρέχων ἑαυτόν: τὰ γὰρ ἄλλα τοῖς ποιηταῖς ἐμέλησεν πρὸ πολλοῦ ποτε γενομένοις. καὶ μέχρι μὲν Ἀνδρομάχη τις ἢ Ἑκάβη ἐστίν, φορητὸς ἡ ᾠδή: ὅταν δὲ Ἡρακλῆς αὐτὸς εἰσελθὼν μονῳδῇ, ἐπιλαθόμενος αὑτοῦ καὶ μήτε τὴν λεοντῆν αἰδεσθεὶς μήτε τὸ ῥόπαλον ὃ περίκειται, σολοικίαν
εὖ φρονῶν εἰκότως φαίη ἄν τις τὸ πρᾶγμα.
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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