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μειράκιον μὲν οὖν ἔτι ὢν πάνυ ὡραῖον, ὡς ἐνῆν ἀπὸ τῆς καλάμης τεκμαίρεσθαι καὶ ἀκούειν τῶν διηγουμένων, ἀνέδην ἐπόρνευε καὶ συνῆν ἐπὶ μισθῷ τοῖς δεομένοις. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις λαμβάνει τις αὐτὸν ἐραστὴς γόης τῶν μαγείας καὶ ἐπῳδὰς θεσπεσίους ὑπισχνουμένων καὶ χάριτας ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐρωτικοῖς καὶ ἐπαγωγὰς τοῖς ἐχθροῖς καὶ θησαυρῶν ἀναπομπὰς καὶ κλήρων διαδοχάς. οὗτος ἰδὼν
εὐφυᾶ παῖδα καὶ πρὸς ὑπηρεσίαν τῶν ἑαυτοῦ
πράξεων ἑτοιμότατον, οὐ μεῖον ἐρῶντα τῆς κακίας
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τῆς αὐτοῦ ἢ αὐτὸς τῆς ὥρας τῆς ἐκείνου,
ἐξεπαίδευσέ τε αὐτὸν καὶ διετέλει ὑπουργῷ καὶ
ὑπηρέτῃ καὶ διακόνῳ χρώμενος. ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐκεῖνος δημοσίᾳ μὲν ἰατρὸς δῆθεν ἦν, ἠπίστατο δὲ κατὰ τὴν Θῶνος τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου γυναῖκα φάρμακα πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ μεμιγμένα, πολλὰ
δὲ λυγρά:
ὧν ἁπάντων κληρονόμος καὶ διάδοχος οὗτος ἐγένετο. ἦν δὲ ὁ διδάσκαλος ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἐραστὴς
τὸ γένος Τυανεύς, τῶν Ἀπολλωνίῳ τῷ πάνυ ^ συγγενομένων καὶ τὴν πᾶσαν αὐτοῦ τραγῳδίαν εἰδότων. ὁρᾷς ἐξ οἵας σοι διατριβῆς ἄνθρωπον λέγω.
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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