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ἐμοὶ . γοῦν δοκεῖ καὶ συνεξαίρεσθαι οἴκου
πολυτελείᾳ ἡ τοῦ λέγοντος γνώμη καὶ πρὸς τοὺς λόγους ἐπεγείρεσθαι, καθάπερ τι καὶ ὑποβαλλούσης τῆς θέας: σχεδὸν γὰρ εἰσρεῖ .τι διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχὴν καλόν, εἶτα πρὸς αὑτὸ κοσμῆσαν ἐκπέμπει τοὺς λόγους. ἢ τῷ μὲν Ἀχιλλεῖ πιστεύομεν τὴν ὄψιν τῶν ὅπλων ἐπιτεῖναι κατὰ τῶν Φρυγῶν τὴν ὀργήν, καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐνέδυ αὐτὰ πειρώμενος, ἐπαρθῆναι καὶ πτερωθῆναι,
πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν, λόγου δὲ σπουδὴν μὴ ἐπιτείνεσθαι πρὸς κάλλη χωρίων; καίτοι Σωκράτει μὲν ἀπέχρησε πλάτανος εὐφυὴς καὶ πόα εὐθαλὴς καὶ πηγὴ διαυγὴς μικρὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰλισσοῦ, κἀνταῦθα καθεζόμενος Φαίδρου τε τοῦ Μυρρινουσίου κατειρωνεύετο καὶ τὸν Λυσίου τοῦ Κεφάλου λόγον διήλεγχε καὶ τὰς Μούσας ἐκάλει, καὶ ἐπίστευεν ἥξειν αὐτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐρημίαν συλληψομένας τῶν περὶ τοῦ ἔρωτος λόγων, καὶ
οὐκ ᾐσχύνετο γέρων ἄνθρωπος παρακαλῶν παρθένους συνᾳσομένας τὰ παιδεραστικά. ἐς δὲ οὕτω καλὸν χωρίον οὐκ ἂν οἰόμεθα καὶ ἀκλήτους αὐτὰς ἐλθεῖν;
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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