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ἐσθὴς ἐπὶ τούτοις
ἁλουργὶς καὶ ὁ βίος οἷος ἁβρότατος, ὕπνος ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἥδιστος,
φίλων πρόσοδοι καὶ δεήσεις καὶ τὸ ἅπαντας ὑποπτήσσειν
καὶ προσκυνεῖν, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἕωθεν πρὸς ταῖς
θύραις ἄνω καὶ κάτω περιπατήσουσιν, ἐν αὐτοῖς δὲ καὶ
Κλεαίνετος καὶ Δημόκριτος οἱ πάνυ, καὶ προσελθοῦσί γε
αὐτοῖς καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων εἰσδεχθῆναι ἀξιοῦσι θυρωροὶ
ἑπτὰ ἐφεστῶτες, εὐμεγέθεις βάρβαροι, προσαραξάτωσαν
ἐς τὸ μέτωπον εὐθὺ τὴν θύραν, οἷα νῦν αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσιν.
ἐγὼ δέ, ὁπόταν δόξῃ, προκύψας ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιος ἐκείνων
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μεν οὐδὲ ἐπιβλέψομαι ἐνίους, εἰ δέ τις πένης, οἷος ἦν
ἐγὼ πρὸ τοῦ θησαυροῦ, φιλοφρονήσομαι τοῦτον καὶ λουσάμενον
ἥκειν κελεύσω τὴν ὥραν ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον. οἱ δὲ
ἀποπνιγήσονται οἱ πλούσιοι ὁρῶντες ὀχήματα, ἵππους
καὶ παῖδας ὡραίους ὅσον δισχιλίους, ἐξ ἁπάσης ἡλικίας
ὅ τι περ τὸ ἀνθηρότατον.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol III. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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