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.ἐν δὴ τούτοις καὶ Ἱππίου τουτουὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς μεμνῆσθαι ἄξιον, ἀνδρὸς λόγοις μὲν παρ᾽
ὅντινα βούλει τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ γεγυμνασμένου καὶ
συνεῖναί τε ὀξέος καὶ ἑρμηνεῦσαι σαφεστάτου, τὰ
δὲ ἔργα πολὺ τῶν λόγων ἀμείνω παρεχομένου καὶ
τὴν τῆς τέχνης ὑπόσχεσιν ἀποπληροῦντος, οὐκ ἐν
τοιαύταις μὲν ὑποθέσεσιν ἐν αἷς οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ
πρῶτοι γενέσθαι εὐτύχησαν, κατὰ δὲ τὸν γεωμετρικὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τῆς δοθείσης, φασίν, εὐθείας τὸ τρίγωνον ἀκριβῶς συνισταμένου. καίτοι τῶν γε ἄλλων ἕκαστος ἕν τι τῆς ἐπιστήμης ἔργον ἀποτεμόμενος ἐν ἐκείνῳ εὐδοκιμήσας εἶναί τις ὅμως ἔδοξεν, ὁ δὲ μηχανικῶν τε ὢν τὰ πρῶτα καὶ γεωμετρικῶν, ἔτι δὲ ἁρμονικῶν καὶ μουσικῶν
φαίνεται, καὶ ὅμως ἕκαστον τούτων οὕτως ἐντελῶς
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δείκνυσιν ὡς ἓν αὐτὸ μόνον ἐπιστάμενος. τὴν μὲν γὰρ περὶ ἀκτίνων καὶ ἀνακλάσεων καὶ κατόπτρων
θεωρίαν, ἔτι δὲ ἀστρονομίαν, ἐν ᾗ παῖδας τοὺς πρὸ
αὐτοῦ ἀπέφηνεν, οὐκ ὀλίγου χρόνου ἂν εἴη ἐπαινεῖν.
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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