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Δημήτριος δὲ ὁ Κυνικὸς ἰδὼν ἐν Κορίνθῳ
ἀπαίδευτόν τινα βιβλίον κάλλιστον ἀναγιγνώσκοντα — τὰς Βάκχας οἶμαι τοῦ Εὐριπίδου, κατὰ τὸν ἄγγελον δὲ ἦν τὸν διηγούμενον τὰ τοῦ Πενθέως πάθη καὶ τὸ τῆς Ἀγαύης ἔργον — ἁρπάσας διέσπασεν αὐτὸ εἰπών, ‘ἄμεινόν ἐστι τῷ Πενθεῖ
ἅπαξ σπαραχθῆναι ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἢ ὑπὸ σοῦ πολλάκις.’ Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον
εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνος ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην
ἐσπούδακας περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείας μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείας τῆς ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν οὐδ᾽ ἂν οἰηθείη τις τῶν καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸς ἄν τις πρίαιτο κτένας ἢ
κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸς ἢ ὁ κωφὸς αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχος ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτης κώπην ἢ ὁ
κυβερνήτης ἄροτρον. ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐπίδειξιν πλούτου σοι τὸ πρᾶγμα ἔχει καὶ βούλει τοῦτο ἐμφῆναι ἅπασιν, ὅτι καὶ εἰς τὰ μηδέν σοι χρήσιμα ὅμως ἐκ πολλῆς τῆς περιουσίας ἀναλίσκεις; καὶ μὴν ὅσα γε κἀμὲ Σύρον ὄντα εἰδέναι, εἰ μὴ
[p. 198] σαυτὸν φέρων ταῖς τοῦ γέροντος ἐκείνου διαθήκαις
παρενέγραψας, ἀπωλώλεις ἂν ὑπὸ λιμοῦ ἤδη καὶ
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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