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ταῦτα οὐκ ἤνεγκα ὁρῶν ἔγωγε, ἀλλ᾽ ἤλεγχον αὐτοὺς καὶ διέκρινον ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑμεῖς δέ, τιμᾶν ἐπὶ τούτοις δέον, εἰς δικαστήριόν με ἄγετε.
οὐκοῦν ἤν τινα καὶ τῶν μεμυημένων ἰδὼν
ἐξαγορεύοντα ταῖν θεαῖν τὰ ἀπόρρητα καὶ ἐξορχούμενον ἀγανακτήσω καὶ διελέγξω, ἐμὲ τὸν ἀσεβοῦντα
[p. 50] ἡγήσεσθε εἶναι; ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δίκαιον. ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ ἀθλοθέται μαστιγοῦν εἰώθασιν, ἤν τις ὑποκριτὴς
Ἀθηνᾶν ἢ Ποσειδῶνα ἢ τὸν Δία ὑποδεδυκὼς μὴ καλῶς ὑποκρίνηται μηδὲ κατ᾽ ἀξίαν τῶν θεῶν, καὶ οὐ δή που ὀργίζονται αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖνοι, διότι τὸν περικείμενον αὐτῶν τὰ προσωπεῖα καὶ τὸ σχῆμα ἐνδεδυκότα ἐπέτρεψαν παίειν τοῖς
μαστιγοφόροις, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἥδοιντ᾽ ἄν, οἶμαι, μᾶλλον ^ μαστιγουμένῳ: ^ οἰκέτην μὲν γάρ τινα ἢ ἄγγελον
μὴ δεξιῶς ὑποκρίνασθαι μικρὸν τὸ πταῖσμα, τὸν Δία δὲ ἢ τὸν Ἡρακλέα μὴ κατ᾽ ἀξίαν ἐπιδείξασθαι τοῖς θεαταῖς, ἀποτρόπαιον ὡς αἰσχρόν.
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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