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ἄπιστον δοκεῖ τοῖς πολλοῖς. ἀλλὰ μὴ σύ γε πάθῃς τὸ αὐτό: εἴσῃ γὰρ πειρώμενος ὡς οὐδέν σε
κωλύσει ῥήτορα δοκεῖν μιᾶς οὐδὲ ὅλης ἡμέρας ὑπερπετασθέντα τὸ ὄρος ἐκ Περσῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
ἐθέλω δέ σοι πρῶτον ὥσπερ ὁ Κέβης ἐκεῖνος
εἰκόνα γραψάμενος τῷ λόγῳ ἑκατέραν ἐπιδεῖξαι τὴν ὁδὸν δύο γάρ ἐστον, αἳ πρὸς τὴν Ῥητορικὴν ἄγετον, ἧς ἐρᾶν οὐ μετρίως μοι δοκεῖς. καὶ δῆτα
ἡ μὲν ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλοῦ καθήσθω πάνυ καλὴ καὶ
εὐπρόσωπος, τὸ τῆς Ἀμαλθείας κέρας ἔχουσα ἐν
τῇ δεξιᾷ παντοίοις καρποῖς ὑπερβρύον: ἐπὶ θατέρᾳ
δέ μοι τὸν πλοῦτον δόκει παρεστῶτα ὁρᾶν, χρυσοῦν
ὅλον καὶ ἐπέραστον. καὶ ἡ δόξα δὲ καὶ ἡ ἰσχὺς παρέστωσαν, καὶ οἱ ἔπαινοι περὶ πᾶσαν αὐτὴν
Ἔρωσι μικροῖς ἐοικότες πολλοὶ ἁπανταχόθεν περιπλεκέσθωσαν ἐκπετόμενοι. εἰ που τὸν Νεῖλον εἶδες γραφῇ μεμιμημένον, αὐτὸν μὲν κείμενον ἐπὶ κροκοδείλου τινὸς ἢ ἵππου τοῦ
ποταμίου, οἷοι πολλοὶ ἐν αὐτῷ, μικρὰ δέ τινα παιδία παρ᾽ αὐτὸν παίζοντα — πήχεις δὲ αὐτοὺς
οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι καλοῦσι, — τοιοῦτοι καὶ περὶ τὴν
' Ῥητορικὴν οἱ ἔπαινοι. πρόσει δὴ σὺ ὁ ἐραστὴς ἐπιθυμῶν δηλαδὴ ὅτι
[p. 142] τάχιστα γενέσθαι ἐπὶ τῆς ἄκρας, ὡς γαμήσειὰς
τε αὐτὴν ἀνελθὼν καὶ πάντα ἐκεῖνα ἔχοις, τὸν πλοῦτον τὴν δόξαν τοὺς ἐπαίνους: νόμῳ γὰρ:
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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