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καίτοι δυνατὸν ἔστω ἐς τοῦτο μόνους ἀπαντήσεσθαι τοὺς πρὸς τὸ ὠφέλιμον ὀψομένους τὸ πρᾶγμα. ὑμᾶς δ᾽ οὖν αὖθις ἐρήσομαι, δέξαισθ᾽
ἂν ὑμῶν τοὺς παῖδας ζηλωτὰς τοῦ τοιούτου γενέσθαι; οὐκ ἂν εἴποιτε. καὶ τί τοῦτο ἠρόμην,
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ὅπου μηδ᾽ αὐτῶν τις τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ
ζηλώσειεν ἄν; τὸν γοῦν Θεαγένη τοῦτο μάλιστα αἰτιάσαιτο ἄν τις, ὅτι τἄλλα ζηλῶν τἀνδρὸς οὐχ ἕπεται
τῷ διδασκάλῳ καὶ συνοδεύει παρὰ τὸν Ἡρακλέα,
ὥς φησιν, ἀπιόντι, δυνάμενος ἐν βραχεῖ
πανευδαίμων γενέσθαι συνεμπεσὼν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ^ ἐς
τὸ πῦρ . οὐ γὰρ ἐν πήρᾳ καὶ βάκτρῳ καὶ τρίβωνι ὁ ζῆλος, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ῥᾴδια καὶ παντὸς ἂν εἴη, τὸ τέλος δὲ καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον χρὴ ζηλοῦν καὶ πυρὰν συνθέντα κορμῶν συκίνων
ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα χλωρῶν ἐναποπνιγῆναι τῷ καπνῷ:
τὸ πῦρ γάρ αὐτὸ οὐ μόνον Ἡρακλέους καὶ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἱεροσύλων καὶ ἀνδροφόνων,
οὓς ὁρᾶν ἔστιν ἐκ καταδίκης αὐτὸ πάσχοντας. ὥστε ἄμεινον τὸ διὰ τοῦ καπνοῦ: ἴδιον γὰρ καὶ ὑμῶν ἂν μόνων γένοιτο.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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