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παίζεις, ὦ Λυκῖνε. ἐγὼ δὲ κατὰ θεὸν εἱλόμην,
καὶ οὐ μεταμέλει μοι τῆς αἱρέσεως: ἱκανὸν δὲ
τοῦτο πρὸς γοῦν ἐμέ.
Λυκῖνος
ὅμως οὐκ ἂν εἴποις, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καὶ πρὸς ἐμέ,
ἀλλὰ περιόψει με παραπολόμενον ἐν τῷ πολλῷ συρφετῷ;
Ἑρμότιμος
οὐδὲν γάρ σοι ἀρέσκει ὧν ἂν εἴπω.
Λυκῖνος
οὔκ, ὦγαθέ, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐθέλεις εἰπεῖν ὁποῖον
ἄν μοι ἀρέσειεν. ἐπεὶ δ᾽ οὖν σὺ ἑκὼν ἀποκρύπτῃ καὶ
φθονεῖς ἡμῖν, ὡς μὴ ἐξ ἴσου γενοίμεθά σοι φιλοσοφήσαντες,
ἐγὼ πειράσομαι, ὅπως ἂν οἷός τε ὦ, κατ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν
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ἐξευρεῖν τὴν ἀκριβῆ περὶ τούτων κρίσιν καὶ τὴν ἀσφαλεστάτην
αἵρεσιν. ἄκουε δὲ καὶ σύ, εἰ βούλει.
Ἑρμότιμος
ἀλλὰ βούλομαι, ὦ Λυκῖνε: ἴσως γάρ τι γνώριμον ἐρεῖς.
Λυκῖνος
σκόπει δὴ καὶ μὴ καταγελάσῃς, εἰ παντάπασιν
ἰδιωτικῶς ἀναζητῶ αὐτό: ἀνάγκη γὰρ οὕτως, ἐπεὶ μὴ
σὺ ἐθέλεις σαφέστερον εἰπεῖν εἰδὼς ἄμεινον.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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