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σύνεσιν δὲ οὐ μικρὰν αὐτῆς εἰπεῖν ἔχω, ὁπόταν τὸν ἐπίβουλον καὶ πολέμιον
αὐτῇ τὸν ἀράχνην διαδιδράσκῃ: λοχῶντά τε γὰρ ἐπιτηρεῖ καὶ ἀντίον αὐτῷ ὁρᾷ ἐκκλίνουσα τὴν ὁρμήν, ὡς μὴ ἁλίσκοιτο σαγηνευθεῖσα καὶ περιπεσοῦσα ταῖς τοῦ θηρίου πλεκτάναις, τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἀνδρίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτῆς οὐχ ἡμᾶς χρὴ λέγειν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃς μεγαλοφωνότατος τῶν ποιητῶν
Ὅμηρος: τὸν γὰρ ἄριστον τῶν ἡρώων ἐπαινέσαι ζητῶν οὐ λέοντι ἢ παρδάλει ἢ ὑῒ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτοῦ εἰκάζει, ἀλλὰ τῷ θάρσει τῆς μυίας καὶ τῷ ἀτρέστῳ καὶ λιπαρεῖ τῆς ἐπιχειρήσεως: οὐδὲ γὰρ θράσος ἀλλὰ θάρσος φησὶν αὐτῇ προσεῖναι. καὶ γὰρ εἰργομένη, φησίν, ὅμως οὐκ ἀφίσταται, ἀλλ᾽ ἐφίεται τοῦ δήγματος. οὕτω δὲ πάνυ ἐπαινεῖ καὶ ἀσπάζεται τὴν μυῖαν, ὥστε οὐχ ἅπαξ οὐδ᾽ ἐν ὀλίγοις μέμνηται αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ πολλάκις: οὕτω κοσμεῖ τὰ ἔπη μνημονευομένη. ἄρτι μὲν τὴν ἀγελαίαν πτῆσιν αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ γάλα διέρχεται,^ ἄρτι δὲ τὴν
[p. 88] Ἀθηνᾶν, ὁπότε τοῦ Μενέλεω τὸ βέλος ἀποκρούεται, ὡς μὴ ἐπὶ τὰ καιριώτατα ἐμπέσοι, εἰκάζων μητρὶ κηδομένῃ κοιμωμένου αὐτῇ τοῦ βρέφους, τὴν
μυῖαν αὖθις ἐπεισάγει τῷ παραδείγματι. καὶ μὴν
καὶ ἐπιθέτῳ καλλίστῳ αὐτὰς ἐκόσμησεν ἀδινὰς προσειπὼν καὶ τὴν ἀγέλην αὐτῶν ἔθνη καλῶν.
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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