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ταῦτα ἔτι τοῦ Εὐκράτους λέγοντος ἰδὼν οἷ τὸ πρᾶγμα προχωρήσειν ἔμελλε καὶ ὡς οὐ μικρᾶς ἐνήρχετο τῆς περὶ τὰ χρηστήρια τραγῳδίας, οὐ
δοκιμάσας μόνος ἀντιλέγειν ἅπασιν, ἀπολιπὼν
αὐτὸν ἔτι διαπλέοντα ἐξ Αἰγύπτου εἰς τὴν
Μαλλὸν — καὶ γὰρ συνίειν ὅτι μοι ἄχθονται παρόντι
καθάπερ ἀντισοφιστῇ τῶν ψευσμάτων — ‘ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ ἄπειμι,’ ἔφην, ‘ Λεόντιχον ἀναζητήσων δέομαι γάρ τι αὐτῷ συγγενέσθαι. ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐπείπερ οὐχ; ἱκανὰ ἡγεῖσθε τὰ ἀνθρώπινα εἶναι,
καὶ αὐτοὺς ἤδη τοὺς θεοὺς καλεῖτε συνεπιληψομένους ὑμῖν τῶν μυθολογουμένων’ καὶ ἅμα λέγων
ἐξῄειν. οἱ δὲ ἄσμενοι ἐλευθερίας λαβόμενοι εἱστίων, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, αὑτοὺς καὶ ἐνεφοροῦντο τῶν ψευσμάτων.
τοιαῦτά σοι, ὦ Φιλόκλεις, παρὰ Εὐκράτει ἀκούσας περίειμι νὴ τὸν Δία ὥσπερ οἱ τοῦ γλεύκους πιόντες ἐμπεφυσημένος τὴν γαστέρα ἐμέτου δεόμενος. ἡδέως δ᾽ ἄν ποθεν ἐπὶ πολλῷ ἐπριάμην
ληθεδανόν τι φάρμακον ὧν ἤκουσα, ὡς μή τι κακὸν ἐργάσηταί με ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν ἐνοικουροῦσα: τέρατα γοῦν καὶ δαίμονας καὶ Ἑκάτας ὁρᾶν μοι δοκῶ.
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Φιλοκλῆς
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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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