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τὸ ἱμάτιον ᾖ. μέτει δὲ ἀπόρρητα καὶ ξένα ῥήματα, σπανιάκις ὑπὸ τῶν πάλαι εἰρημένα, καὶ ταῦτα συμφορήσας ἀποτόξευε προχειριζόμενος
εἰς τοὺς προσομιλοῦντας. οὕτω γάρ σε ὁ λεὼς ὁ πολὺς ἀποβλέψονται καὶ θαυμαστὸν ὑπολήψονται καὶ τὴν παιδείαν ὑπὲρ αὐτούς, εἰ ‘ ἀποστλεγγίσασθαι τὸ’ ἀποξύσασθαι λέγοις,
τὸ δ᾽ ἡλίῳ θέρεσθαι ‘ εἱληθερεῖσθαι,’ τὸν ἀρραβῶνα δὲ ‘ προνόμιον,’ τὸν ὄρθρον δὲ ‘ ἀκροκνεφές.’ ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ποίει καινὰ
καὶ ἀλλόκοτα ὀνόματα καὶ νομοθέτει τὸν μὲν ἑρμηνεῦσαι δεινὸν ‘ εὔλεξιν ’ καλεῖν, τὸν συνετὸν ‘ σοφόνουν,’ τὸν ὀρχηστὴν δὲ ‘ χειρίσοφον.’ ἂν σολοικίσῃς δὲ ἢ βαρβαρίσῃς, ἓν ἔστω φάρμακον
ἡ ἀναισχυντία, καὶ πρόχειρον εὐθὺς ὄνομα οὔτε
ὄντος τινὸς οὔτε γενομένου ποτέ, ἢ ποιητοῦ ἢ συγγραφέως, ὃς οὕτω λέγειν ἐδοκίμαζε σοφὸς
ἀνήρ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν εἰς τὸ ἀκρότατον ἀπηκριβωμένος. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀναγίγνωσκε τὰ παλαιὰ μὲν μὴ
σύ γε, μηδὲ εἴ τι ὁ λῆρος Ἰσοκράτης ἢ ὁ χαρίτων ἄμοιρος Δημοσθένης ἢ ὁ ψυχρὸς Πλάτων, ἀλλὰ
τοὺς τῶν ὀλίγον πρὸ ἡμῶν λόγους καὶ ἅς φασι
[p. 158] ταύτας μελέτας, ὡς ἔχῃς ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων ἐπισιτισάμενος ἐν καιρῷ καταχρῆσθαι καθάπερ ἐκ ταμιείου
προαιρῶν.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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