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ὁ Κυνικὸς δὲ Ἀλκιδάμας, ἐπεπώκει γὰρ ἤδη, πυθόμενος ἥτις ἡ γαμουμένη παῖς καλοῖτο
σιωπὴν παραγγείλας μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ ἀποβλέψας
ἐς τὰς γυναῖκας, Προπίνω σοι ἔφη, ὦ Κλεανθί, Ἡρακλέους ἀρχηγέτου. ὡς δ᾽ ἐγέλασαν
ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἅπαντες, Ἐγελάσατε, εἶπεν, ὦ καθάρματα, εἰ τῇ νύμφῃ προὔπιον ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμετέρου
θεοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους; καὶ μὴν εὖ εἰδέναι χ;χρὴ ὡς
ἢν μὴ λάβῃ παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ τὸν σκύφον, οὔποτε τοιοῦτος
ἂν υἱὸς αὐτῇ γένοιτο οἷος ἐγώ, ἄτρεπτος μὲν ἀλκήν, ἐλεύθερος δὲ τὴν γνώμην, τὸ σῶμα δὲ οὕτω
καρτερός: καὶ ἅμα παρεγύμνου ἑαυτὸν μᾶλλον ἄχρι πρὸς τὸ αἴσχιστον. αὖθις ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐγέλασαν οἱ συμπόται, καὶ ὃς ἀγανακτήσας ἐπανίστατο δριμὺ καὶ παράφορον βλέπων καὶ δῆλος ἦν οὐκέτι εἰρήνην ἄξων. τάχα δ᾽ ἄν τινος
καθίκετο τῇ βακτηρίᾳ, εἰ μὴ κατὰ καιρὸν
εἰσεκεκόμιστο πλακοῦς εὐμεγέθης, πρὸς ὃν ἀποβλέψας ἡμερώτερος ἐγένετο καὶ ἔληξε τοῦ θυμοῦ καὶ
ἐνεφορεῖτο συμπεριιών.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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