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πρὸς δὴ τί ταῦτ᾽ ἔφην; οὐ γὰρ ἄλλως ἱστορίαν ἐπιδείκνυσθαι βουλόμενος ἐπεμνήσθην
αὐτῶν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι καὶ τῶν μηχανικῶν ἐκείνους ἄξιον θαυμάζειν, ὁπόσοι ἐν τῇ θεωρίᾳ λαμπροὶ γενόμενοι καὶ μνημόσυνα ὅμως τῆς τέχνης καὶ παραδείγματα τοῖς μετ᾽ αὐτοὺς κατέλιπον: ἐπεὶ
οἵ γε τοῖς λόγοις μόνοις ἐγγεγυμνασμένοι σοφισταὶ
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ἂν εἰκότως μᾶλλον ἢ σοφοὶ καλοῖντο. τοιοῦτον ἀκούομεν τὸν Ἀρχιμήδη γενέσθαι καὶ τὸν Κνίδιον
Σώστρατον, τὸν μὲν Πτολεμαίῳ χειρωσάμενον τὴν
Μέμφιν ἄνευ πολιορκίας ἀποστροφῇ καὶ διαιρέσει τοῦ ποταμοῦ, τὸν δὲ τὰς τῶν πολεμίων τριήρεις καταφλέξαντα τῇ τέχνῃ. καὶ Θαλῆς δὲ ὁ Μιλήσιος πρὸ αὐτῶν ὑποσχόμενος Κροίσῳ ἄβροχον διαβιβάσειν τὸν στρατὸν ἐπινοίᾳ κατόπιν τοῦ στρατοπέδου μιᾷ νυκτὶ τὸν Ἅλυν
περιήγαγεν, οὐ μηχανικὸς οὗτος γενόμενος, σοφὸς
δὲ καὶ ἐπινοῆσαι καὶ συνεῖναι πιθανώτατος. τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ Ἐπειοῦ πάνυ ἀρχαῖον, ὃς οὐ μόνον τεχνήσασθαι τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς τὸν ἵππον, ἀλλὰ καὶ
συγκαταβῆναι αὐτοῖς ἐς αὐτὸν λέγεται.
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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