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τὸ δὲ ἄρα οὐ τὸ ὁμόφυλον τῶν στοιχείων μόνον ἀδικεῖ γένος, ἀλλ᾽ ἤδη καὶ πρὸς τὸ ἀνθρώπειον μεταβέβηκε τουτονὶ τὸν τρόπον τὸν γὰρ ἐπιτρέπει γε αὐτοὺς κατ᾽ εὐθὺ φέρεσθαι ταῖς γλώσσαις: μᾶλλον δέ, ὦ δικασταί, μεταξὺ γάρ με πάλιν τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πράγματα ἀνέμνησε περὶ τῆς γλώσσης, καὶ ^ ταύτης με τό μέρος ^ ἀπήλασε καὶ γλῶτταν ποιεῖ τὴν γλῶσσαν. ὦ γλώσσης ἀληθῶς νόσημα Ταῦ. ἀλλὰ μεταβήσομαι πάλιν
ἐπ᾽ ἐκεῖνο καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις συναγορεύσω ὑπὲρ
ὧν εἰς αὐτοὺς πλημμελεῖ: δεσμοῖς γάρ τισι
στρεβλοῦν καὶ σπαράττειν αὐτῶν τὴν φωνὴν
ἐπιχειρεῖ. καὶ ὁ μέν τι καλὸν ἰδὼν καλὸν εἰπεῖν
αὐτὸ βούλεται, τὸ δὲ παρεισπεσὸν ταλὸν εἰπεῖν
αὐτοὺς ἀναγκάζει ἐν ἅπασι προεδρίαν ἔχειν ἀξιοῦν πάλιν ἕτερος περὶ κλήματος διαλέγεται, τὸ δὲ — τλῆμον γάρ ἐστιν ἀληθῶς - τλῆμα πεποίηκε τὸ κλῆμα. καὶ οὐ μόνον γε τοὺς τυχόντας ἀδικεῖ, ἀλλ᾽ ἤδη καὶ τῷ μεγάλῳ βασιλεῖ, ᾧ καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν εἶξαί φασι καὶ τῆς αὑτῶν φύσεως
ἐκστῆναι, τὸ δὲ καὶ τούτῳ ἐπιβουλεύει καὶ Κῦρον αὐτὸν ὄντα Τῦρόν τινα ἀπέφηνεν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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