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εἰ καὶ τοῖς νέοις ἔτι καὶ ἀγενείοις ἡμῖν ἐφεῖτο
ἐκ τοῦ νόμου δημηγορεῖν, ἴσως ἂν εἶπόν τι συμφέρον εἰς τὴν διάσκεψιν.
Μῶμος
ἡ μὲν σκέψις, ὦ Ἄπολλον, οὕτω περὶ μεγάλων, ὥστε μὴ καθ᾽ ἡλικίαν, ἀλλὰ κοινὸν ἅπασι
προκεῖσθαι τὸν λόγον χάριεν γάρ, εἰ περὶ τῶν ἐσχάτων κινδυνεύοντες περὶ τῆς ἐν τοῖς νόμοις ἐξουσίας μικρολογούμεθα. σὺ δὲ καὶ πάνυ ἤδη ἔννομος εἶ δημηγόρος, πρόπαλαι μὲν ἐξ ἐφήβων
γεγονώς, ἐγγεγραμμένος δὲ ἐς τὸ τῶν δώδεκα ληξιαρχικόν, καὶ ὀλίγου δεῖν τῆς ἐπὶ Κρόνου βουλῆς ὤν: ὥστε μὴ μειρακιεῦου πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ λέγε θαρρῶν ἤδη τὰ δοκοῦντα, μηδὲν
[p. 128] αἰδεσθεὶς εἰ ἀγένειος ὢν δημηγορήσεις, καὶ ταῦτα βαθυπώγωνα καὶ εὐγένειον οὕτως υἱὸν ἔχων τὸν
Ἀσκληπιόν. ἄλλως τε καὶ πρέπον ἂν εἴη σοι νῦν μάλιστα ἐκφαίνειν τὴν σοφίαν, εἰ μὴ μάτην
ἐν τῷ Ἑλικῶνι κάθησαι ταῖς Μούσαις συμφιλοσοφῶν.
Ἀπόλλων
ἀλλ᾽ οὐ σέ, ὦ Μῶμε, χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐφιέναι,
τὸν Δία δέ: καὶ ἢν οὗτος κελεύσῃ, τάχ᾽ ἄν τι οὐκ
ἄμουσον εἴποιμι ἀλλὰ τῆς ἐν τῷ Ἑλικῶνι μελέτης ἄξιον.
Ζεύς
λέγε, ὦ τέκνον ἐφίημι γάρ.
Ἀπόλλων
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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