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ταῦτά σοι καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπειλῶ, οὐ μὰ τὸν Δία τῷ
Ἀρχιλόχῳ εἰκάζων ἐμαυτόν — πόθεν ; πολλοῦ γε καὶ δέω σοὶ δὲ μυρία συνειδὼς ἰάμβων ἄξια βεβιωμένα, πρὸς ἅ μοι δοκεῖ οὐδ᾽ ἂν ὁ Ἀρχίλοχος αὐτὸς διαρκέσαι, προσπαρακαλέσας καὶ τὸν Σιμωνίδην καὶ τὸν Ἱππώνακτα συμποιεῖν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ κἂν ἕν τι τῶν προσόντων σοι κακῶν, οὕτω σύ γε παῖδας ἀπέφηνας ἐν πάσῃ βδελυρίᾳ τὸν
Ὀροδοκίδην καὶ τὸν Λυκάμβην καὶ τὸν Βούπαλον,
τοὺς ἐκείνων ἰάμβους. καὶ ἔοικε θεῶν τις ἐπὶ χεῖλος ἀγαγεῖν σοι τότε τὸν γέλων ἐπὶ τῇ ἀποφράδι λεχθείσῃ, ὡς αὐτὸς μὲν Σκυθῶν καταφανέστερος γένοιο κομιδῇ ἀπαίδευτος ὢν καὶ τὰ κοινὰ ταῦτα
καὶ τὰ ἐν ποσὶν ἀγνοῶν, ἀρχὴν δὲ εὔλογον παράσχοις τῶν κατὰ σοῦ λόγων ἀνδρὶ ἐλευθέρῳ καὶ
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οἴκοθέν σε ἀκριβῶς εἰδότι καὶ μηδὲν ὑποστελουμένῳ ^ τὸ μὴ οὐχὶ πάντα ἐξειπεῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ κηρῦξαι, ἃ πράττεις νύκτωρ καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ πολλοῖς τοῖς πρὶν ἐκείνοις.
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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