ὁπόταν οὖν τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγῃ, μισεῖς κἀκεῖνον καὶ ἀπορρίπτεις τὸ βιβλίον, ἢ δίδως αὐτῷ ἐλευθεριάζειν ἐν τῷ ἐπαίνῳ ; ἀλλὰ κἂν σὺ μὴ δῷς, ὃ γε τοσοῦτος αἰὼν δέδωκεν, οὐδ᾽ ἔστιν ὅστις αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τούτῳ ᾐτιάσατο, οὐδὲ ὁ μαστίξαι τολμήσας [p. 330] αὐτοῦ τὴν εἰκόνα οὐδ᾽ ὁ τὰ νόθα ἐπισημηνάμενος τῶν ἐπῶν ἐν τῇ παραγραφῇ τῶν ὀβελῶν. εἶτα ἐκείνῳ μὲν ἐφεθήσεται βάρβαρον γυναῖκα, καὶ ταῦτα κλαίουσαν, τῇ χρυσῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ εἰκάσαι, ἐγὼ δ᾽, ἵνα μὴ τὸ κάλλος εἴπω, διότι μὴ ἀνέχῃ ἀκούουσα, οὐκ ἂν παραβάλλοιμι θεῶν εἰκόσι γυναῖκα φαιδρὰν καὶ μειδιῶσαν τὰ πολλά, ὅπερ θεοῖς ὅμοιον ἄνθρωποι ἔχουσιν ;
εἶπε δ᾽ ἄρα — φησὶν — κλαίουσα γυνὴ εἰκυῖα θεῇσιν.
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εἰ δὲ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστά σε αὐταῖς ἐκείναις εἴκασα,
οὐκ ἐμὸν τοῦτο, οὐδὲ ἐγὼ πρῶτος ταύτην ἐτεμόμην τὴν ὁδόν, ἀλλὰ πολλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ ποιηταί, καὶ μάλιστα ὁ πολίτης ὁ σὸς Ὅμηρος, ὃν καὶ νῦν
ἀναβιβάσομαι συναγορεύσοντά μοι, ἢ οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ καὶ αὐτὸν σὺν ἐμοὶ ἁλῶναι. ἐρήσομαι τοίνυν αὐτόν, μᾶλλον δὲ σὲ ὑπὲρ
αὐτοῦ — καὶ γὰρ διαμνημονεύεις εὖ ποιοῦσα τὰ χαριέστατα τῶν ἐρραψῳδημένων αὐτῷ — τί σοι ἐκεῖνος ^ δοκεῖ, ὁπόταν περὶ τῆς αἰχμαλώτου λέγῃ τῆς Βρισηΐδος ὅτι χρυσῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ ἰκέλη ἐπένθει τὸν Πάτροκλον; εἶτα μετὰ μικρόν, ὡς
οὐχ ἱκανὸν εἰ μόνῃ τῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ ἐοικυῖα ἔσται,
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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