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ὁ Τιμοκλῆς οὗτος ἔστι μὲν χρηστὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ φιλόθεος καὶ τοὺς λόγους πάνυ ἠκρίβωκε τοὺς
Στωϊκούς: ὥστε καὶ σύνεστιν ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ πολλοῖς τῶν νέων καὶ μισθοὺς οὐκ ὀλίγους ἐπὶ τούτῶ ἐκλέγει, σφόδρα πιθανὸς ὢν ὁπότε ἰδίᾳ τοῖς μαθηταῖς διαλέγοιτο: ἐν πλήθει δὲ εἰπεῖν
ἀτολμότατός ἐστι καὶ τὴν φωνὴν ἰδιώτης καὶ μιξοβάρβαρος, ὥστε γέλωτα ὀφλισκάνειν διὰ τοῦτο
ἐν ταῖς συνουσίαις, οὐ συνείρων ἀλλὰ βατταρίζων
καὶ ταραττόμενος, καὶ μάλιστα ὁπόταν οὕτως ἔχων καὶ καλλιρρημοσύνην ἐπιδείκνυσθαι βούληται. συνεῖναι μὲν γὰρ εἰς ὑπερβολὴν ὀξύς ἐστι καὶ λεπτογνώμων, ὥς φασιν οἱ ἄμεινον τὰ τῶν
Στωϊκῶν εἰδότες, λέγων δὲ καὶ ἑρμηνεύων ὑπ᾽ ἀσθενείας διαφθείρει αὐτὰ καὶ συγχεῖ, οὐκ ἀποσαφῶν ὅ τι βούλεται ἀλλὰ αἰνίγμασιν ἐοικότα προτείνων καὶ πάλιν αὖ πολὺ ἀσαφέστερα πρὸς τὰς ἐρωτήσεις ἀποκρινόμενος: οἱ δὲ οὐ συνιέντες
[p. 130] καταγελῶσιν αὐτοῦ. δεῖ δὲ οἶμαι σαφῶς λέγειν καὶ τούτου μάλιστα πολλὴν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν πρόνοιαν, ὡς συνήσουσιν οἱ ἀκούοντες.
Μῶμος
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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