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μάλιστα δὲ σωφρονητέον ἐν
ταῖς τῶν ὀρῶν ἢ τειχῶν ἢ ποταμῶν ἑρμηνείαις, ὡς μὴ
δύναμιν λόγων ἀπειροκάλως παρεπιδείκνυσθαι δοκοίης
καὶ τὸ σαυτοῦ δρᾶν παρεὶς τὴν ἱστορίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὀλίγον
προσαψάμενος, τοῦ χρησίμου καὶ σαφοῦς ἕνεκα, μεταβήσῃ
ἐκφυγὼν τὸν ἰξὸν τὸν ἐν τῷ πράγματι καὶ τὴν τοιαύτην
ἅπασαν λιχνείαν, οἷον ὁρᾷς καὶ Ὅμηρος ὁ μεγαλόφρων
ποιεῖ: καίτοι ποιητὴς ὢν παραθεῖ τὸν Τάνταλαν
καὶ τὸν Ἰξίονα καὶ τὸν Τιτυὸν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους. εἰ δὲ Παρθένιος
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ἢ Εὐφορίων ἢ Καλλίμαχος ἔλεγε, πόσοις ἂν οἴει
ἔπεσι τὸ ὕδωρ ἄχρι πρὸς τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ Ταντάλου ἤγαγεν;
εἶτα πόσοις ἂν Ἰξίονα ἐκύλισε; μᾶλλον δὲ ὁ Θουκυδίδης
αὐτὸς ὀλίγα τῷ τοιούτῳ εἴδει τοῦ λόγου χρησάμενος σκέψαι
ὅπως εὐθὺς ἀφίσταται ἢ μηχάνημα ἑρμηνεύσας ἢ
πολιορκίας σχῆμα δηλώσας, ἀναγκαῖον καὶ χρειῶδες ὄν,
ἢ Ἐπιπολῶν σχῆμα ἢ Συρακουσίων λιμένα: ὅταν μὲν γὰρ
τὸν λοιμὸν διηγῆται καὶ μακρὸς εἶναι δοκῇ, σὺ τὰ πράγματα
ἐννόησον: εἴσῃ γὰρ οὕτω τὸ τάχος καὶ ὡς φεύγοντος
ὅμως ἐπιλαμβάνεται αὐτοῦ τὰ γεγενημένα πολλὰ
ὄντα.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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