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εἶεν ἡμεῖς μὲν ὑμῖν καὶ δὴ καθήμεθα ἕτοιμοι
ἀκούειν τῶν λόγων, ὑμεῖς δὲ προελόμενοί τινα ἐξ ἁπάντων, ὅστις ἄριστα κατηγορῆσαι ἂν δοκεῖ,
συνείρετε τὴν κατηγορίαν καὶ διελέγχετε: πάντας γὰρ ἅμα λέγειν ἀμήχανον σὺ δέ, ὦ
Παρρησιάδη, ἀπολογήσῃ τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο.
Πλάτων
τίς
οὖν ὁ ἐπιτηδειότατος ἐξ ἡμῶν ἂν γένοιτο πρὸς τὴν δίκην;
Χρύσιππος
σύ, ὦ Πλάτων. ἥ τε γὰρ μεγαλόνοια θαυμαστὴ καὶ ἡ καλλιφωνία δεινῶς Ἀττικὴ καὶ τὸ
κεχαρισμένον καὶ πειθοῦς μεστὸν ἥ τε σύνεσις
καὶ τὸ ἀκριβὲς καὶ τὸ ἐπαγωγὸν ἐν καιρῷ τῶν ἀποδείξεων, πάντα ταῦτά σοι ἀθρόα πρόσεστιν
ὥστε τὴν προηγορίαν δέχου καὶ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων εἰπὲ τὰ εἰκότα. νῦν ἀναμνήσθητι πάντων ἐκείνων καὶ συμφόρει εἰς τὸ αὐτό, εἲ τί σοι πρὸς Γοργίαν
ἢ Πῶλον ἢ Πρόδικον ἢ Ἱππίαν εἴρηται: δεινότερος οὗτός ἐστιν. ἐπίπαττε οὖν καὶ τῆς
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εἰρωνείας καὶ τὰ κομψὰ ἐκεῖνα καὶ συνεχῆ ἐρώτα,
κἄν σοι δοκῇ, κἀκεῖνό που παράβυσον, ὡς ‘ὁ μέγας ἐν οὐρανῷ Ζεὺς πτηνὸν ἅρμα ἐλαύνων’ ἀγανακτήσειεν ἄν, εἰ μὴ οὗτος ὑπόσχοι τὴν δίκην.
Πλάτων
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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