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εἰπέ μοι, ὦ Μένιππε, οἱ δὲ τοὺς πολυτελεῖς τούτους καὶ ὑψηλοὺς τάφους ἔχοντες ὑπὲρ γῆς καὶ στήλας καὶ εἰκόνας καὶ ἐπιγράμματα οὐδὲν τιμιώτεροι παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς εἰσι τῶν ἰδιωτῶν νεκρῶν ;
Μένιππος
ληρεῖς, ὦ οὗτος: εἰ γοῦν ἐθεάσω τὸν Μαύσωλον
αὐτόν, — λέγω δὲ τὸν Κᾶρα, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ τάφου
περιβόητον — εὖ οἶδα ὅτι οὐκ ἂν ἐπαύσω γελῶν,
οὕτω ταπεινὸς ἔρριπτο ἐν παραβύστῳ που
[p. 102] λανθάνων ἐν τῷ λοιπῷ δήμῳ τῶν νεκρῶν, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τοσοῦτον ἀπολαύων τοῦ μνήματος, παρ᾽ ὅσον ἐβαρύνετο τηλικοῦτον ἄχθος ἐπικείμενος: ἐπειδὰν γάρ,. ὦ ἑταῖρε, ὁ Αἰακὸς ἀπομετρήσῃ ἑκάστῳ τὸν τόπον, — δίδωσι δὲ τὸ μέγιστον οὐ πλέον ποδὸς — ἀνάγκη ἀγαπῶντα κατακεῖσθαι πρὸς τὸ μέτρον συνεσταλμένον. πολλῷ δ᾽ ἂν
οἶμαι μᾶλλον ἐγέλασας, εἰ ἐθεάσω τοὺς παρ᾽ ἡμῖν βασιλέας καὶ σατράπας πτωχεύοντας παρ᾽
αὐτοῖς καὶ ἤτοι ταριχοπωλοῦντας ὑπ᾽ ἀπορίας ἢ
τὰ πρῶτα διδάσκοντας γράμματα καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ τυχόντος ὑβριζομένους καὶ κατὰ κόρρης παιομένους ὥσπερ τῶν ἀνδραπόδων τὰ ἀτιμότατα.
Φίλιππον γοῦν τὸν Μακεδόνα ἐγὼ θεασάμενος
οὐδὲ κρατεῖν ἐμαυτοῦ δυνατὸς ἦν ἐδείχθη δέ μοι
ἐν γωνίᾳ τινὶ μισθοῦ ἀκούμενος τὰ σαθρὰ τῶν ὑποδημάτων. πολλοὺς δὲ καὶ ἄλλους ἦν ἰδεῖν ἐν ταῖς τριόδοις μεταιτοῦντας, Ξέρξας λέγω καὶ Δαρείους καὶ Πολυκράτας.
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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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