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ἐπεθύμησα περιβόητος γενέσθαι; καὶ εἰ μὲν ἦν παρὰ τούτῳ τὸ μειράκιον, εἶχεν ἄν τινα λόγον τὸ ψεῦδος αὐτῷ ὡς ἐγὼ διὰ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἠναγκαζόμην ἀνοητότερόν τι ποιεῖν τῶν εἰκότων: νῦν δὲ τούτῳ μὲν οὐδὲ διελέγετο, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμίσει πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα, παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἐτύγχανε διαιτώμενον.
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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