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ὁ μὲν ταῦτα φήσει, ἀλαζὼν καὶ ἀρχαῖος ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ Κρονικὸς ἄνθρωπος, νεκροὺς εἰς μίμησιν παλαιοὺς προτιθεὶς καὶ ἀνορύττειν ἀξιῶν λόγους πάλαι κατορωρυγμένους ὥς τι μέγιστον ἀγαθόν, μαχαιροποιοῦ υἱὸν καὶ ἄλλον Ἀτρομήτου
[p. 148] τινὸς γραμματιστοῦ ζηλοῦν ἀξιῶν, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν εἰρήνῃ μήτε Φιλίππου ἐπιόντος μήτε Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπιτάττοντος, ὅπου τὰ ἐκείνων ἴσως ἐδόκει χρήσιμα, οὐκ εἰδὼς ὁποία νῦν κεκαινοτόμηται ταχεῖα καὶ ἀπράγμων καὶ εἰς τὸ εὐθὺ τῆς
ῥητορικῆς ὁδός. σὺ δὲ μήτε πείθεσθαι μήτε προσέχειν αὐτῷ, μή σε ἐκτραχηλίσῃ που παραλαβὼν ἢ τὸ τελευταῖον προγηρᾶσαι τοῖς πόνοις παρασκευάσῃ. ἀλλὰ εἰ πάντως ἐρᾷς καὶ τάχιστα ἐθέλεις τῇ ῥητορικῇ συνεῖναι ἀκμάζων ἔτι, ὡς καὶ σπουδάζοιο πρὸς αὐτῆς, ἴθι, τῷ μὲν δασεῖ τούτῳ καὶ πέρα τοῦ μετρίου ἀνδρικῷ μακρὰ χαίρειν λέγε, ἀναβαίνειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄλλους ὁπόσους ἂν ἐξαπατᾶν δύνηται ἀνάγειν καταλιπὼν ἀσθμαίνοντα καὶ ἱδρῶτι πολλῷ συνόντα.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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