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καὶ μὴν ἤδη σοι ὁρᾶν παρέχει γιγνομένην τὴν εἰκόνα, ὧδε συναρμόζων, τῆς ἐκ Κνίδου ἡκούσης μόνον τὴν κεφαλὴν λαβών οὐδὲν γὰρ τοῦ ἄλλου σώματος γυμνοῦ ὄντος δεήσεται: τὰ μὲν ἀμφὶ τὴν κόμην καὶ μέτωπον ὀφρύων τε τὸ εὔγραμμον ἐάσει ἔχειν ὥσπερ ὁ Πραξιτέλης ἐποίησεν, καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν δὲ τὸ ὑγρὸν ἅμα τῷ φαιδρῷ καὶ κεχαρισμένῳ, καὶ τοῦτο διαφυλάξει κατὰ τὸ Πραξιτέλει δοκοῦν τὰ μῆλα δὲ καὶ ὅσα τῆς
ὄψεως ἀντωπὰ παρ᾽ Ἀλκαμένους καὶ τῆς ἐν κήποις λήψεται, καὶ προσέτι χειρῶν ἄκρα καὶ καρπῶν τὸ εὔρυθμον καὶ δακτύλων τὸ εὐάγωγον εἰς λεπτὸν ἀπολῆγον παρὰ τῆς ἐν κήποις καὶ ταῦτα. τὴν δὲ τοῦ παντὸς προσώπου περιγραφὴν καὶ παρειῶν τὸ ἁπαλὸν καὶ ῥῖνα σύμμετρον ἡ Λημνία παρέξει καὶ Φειδίας: ἔτι καὶ στόματος
ἁρμογὴν αὐτὸς καὶ τὸν αὐχένα, παρὰ τῆς
Ἀμαζόνος λαβών ἡ Σωσάνδρα δὲ καὶ Κάλαμις
[p. 268] αἰδοῖ κοσμήσουσιν αὐτήν, καὶ τὸ μειδίαμα σεμνὸν καὶ λεληθὸς ὥσπερ τὸ ἐκείνης ἔσται: καὶ τὸ
εὐσταλὲς δὲ καὶ κόσμιον τῆς ἀναβολῆς παρὰ τῆς Σωσάνδρας, πλὴν ὅτι ἀκατακάλυπτος αὕτη ἔσται τὴν κεφαλήν. τῆς ἡλικίας δὲ τὸ μέτρον ἡλίκον
ἂν γένοιτο, κατὰ τὴν ἐν, Κνίδῳ ἐκείνην μάλιστα.
καὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τὸν Πραξιτέλη μεμετρήσθω.
τί σοι, ὦ Πολύστρατε, δοκεῖ ; καλὴ γενήσεσθαι
ἡ εἰκών ;
Πολύστρατος
καὶ μάλιστα, ἐπειδὰν εἰς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον
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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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