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τὰ μὲν οὖν ἄλλα τῆς γραφῆς, ἐφ᾽
ὅσα τοῖς ἰδιώταις ἡμῖν οὐ πάντη ἐμφανῆ ὄντα τὴν ὅλην
ὅμως ἔχει δύναμιν τῆς τέχνης, οἷον τὸ ἀποτεῖναι τὰς
γραμμὰς ἐς τὸ εὐθύτατον καὶ τῶν χρωμάτων ἀκριβῆ τὴν
κρᾶσιν καὶ εὔκαιρον τὴν ἐπιβολὴν ποιήσασθαι καὶ σκιάσαι
ἐς δέον καὶ τοῦ μεγέθους τὸν λόγον καὶ τὴν τῶν μερῶν
πρὸς τὸ ὅλον ἰσότητα καὶ ἁρμονίαν γραφέων παῖδες
ἐπαινούντων, οἷς ἔργον εἰδέναι τὰ τοιαῦτα: ἐγὼ δὲ τοῦ
Ζεύξιδος ἐκεῖνο μάλιστα ἐπῄνεσα, ὅτι ἐν μιᾷ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ
ὑποθέσει ποικίλως τὸ περιττὸν ἐπεδείξατο τῆς τέχνης,
τὸν μὲν ἄνδρα ποιήσας πάντη φοβερὸν καὶ κομιδῇ ἄγριον,
σοβαρὸν τῇ χαίτῃ, λάσιον τὰ πολλὰ οὐ κατὰ τὸν ἵππον
αὐτοῦ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ καθ᾽ ἕτερον τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ
ἐξάρας αὐτῷ τοὺς ὤμους ἐπὶ πλεῖστον, τὸ βλέμμα, καίτοι
γελῶντος, θηριῶδες ὅλον καὶ ὄρειόν τι καὶ ἀνήμερον.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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