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δευτέρας οὖν σκέψεως ἀρχὴ προὐτέθη, τίς ἀρίστη τῶν τεχνῶν καὶ ῥᾴστη ἐκμαθεῖν καὶ ἀνδρὶ ἐλευθέρῳ πρέπουσα καὶ πρόχειρον ἔχουσα τὴν χορηγίαν καὶ διαρκῆ τὸν πόρον. ἄλλου τοίνυν ἄλλην ἐπαινοῦντος, ὡς ἕκαστος γνώμης ἢ ἐμπειρίας εἶχεν, ὁ πατὴρ εἰς τὸν θεῖον ἀπιδών, — παρῆν γὰρ ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς θεῖος, ἄριστος ἑρμογλύφος
εἶναι δοκῶν — ‘οὐ θέμις,’ εἶπεν, ‘ ἄλλην τέχνην
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ἐπικρατεῖν σοῦ παρόντος, ἀλλὰ τοῦτον ἄγε —’ δείξας ἐμὲ — ‘ δίδασκε παραλαβὼν λίθων ἐργάτην ἀγαθὸν εἶναι καὶ συναρμοστὴν καὶ ἑρμογλυφέα: δύναται γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο, φύσεώς γε, ὡς οἶσθα, ἔχων δεξιῶς.’ ἐτεκμαίρετο δὲ ταῖς ἐκ τοῦ κηροῦ
παιδιαῖς: ὁπότε γὰρ ἀφεθείην ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων, ἀποξέων ἂν τὸν κηρὸν ἢ βόας ἢ ἵππους ἢ καὶ νὴ
ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπλαττον, εἰκότας,^ ὡς ἐδόκουν
τῷ πατρί ἐφ᾽ οἷς παρὰ μὲν τῶν διδασκάλων πληγὰς ἐλάμβανον, τότε δὲ ἔπαινος εἰς τὴν
εὐφυίαν καὶ ταῦτα ἦν, καὶ χρηστὰς εἶχον ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ τὰς ἐλπίδας ὡς ἐν βραχεῖ μαθήσομαι τὴν τέχνην, ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνης γε τῆς πλαστικῆς.
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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