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παπαῖ, ὦ Κράτων, ὡς κάρχαρόν τινα ἔλυσας
ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς τὸν σαυτοῦ κύνα. πλὴν τό γε παράδειγμα,, τὴν τῶν Λωτοφάγων καὶ Σειρήνων εἰκόνα, πάνυ ἀνομοιοτάτην μοι δοκεῖς εἰρηκέναι ὧν πέπονθα, παρ᾽ ὅσον τοῖς μὲν τοῦ λωτοῦ γευσαμένοις καὶ τῶν
Σειρήνων ἀκούσασιν ὄλεθρος ἦν τῆς τε ἐδωδῆς καὶ τῆς ἀκροάσεως τοὐπιτίμιον, ἐμοὶ δὲ πρὸς τῷ τὴν ἡδονὴν παρὰ πολὺ ἡδίω πεφυκέναι ^ καὶ τό τέλος ἀγαθὸν ἀποβέβηκεν οὐ γὰρ εἰς λήθην τῶν
οἴκοι οὐδ᾽ εἰς ἀγνωσίαν τῶν κατ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν
περιίσταμαι, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ χρὴ μηδὲν ὀκνήσαντα εἰπεῖν,
μακρῷ πινυτώτερος καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ
διορατικώτερος ἐκ τοῦ θεάτρου σοι ἐπανελήλυθα. μᾶλλον
δέ, τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου αὐτὸ εἰπεῖν καλόν, ὅτι ὁ τοῦτο
ἰδὼν τὸ θέαμα ‘τερψάμενος νεῖται καὶ πλείονα
εἰδώς.’
Κράτων
Ἡράκλεις, ὦ Λυκῖνε, οἷα πέπονθας, ὃς οὐδ᾽ αἰσχύνῃ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ἀλλὰ καὶ σεμνυνομένῳ ἔοικας.
τὸ γοῦν δεινότατον τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὅτι μηδὲ ἰάσεώς τινα ἡμῖν ὑποφαίνεις ἐλπίδα, ἐπαινεῖν τολμῶν τὰ
οὕτως αἰσχρὰ καὶ κατάπτυστα.
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Λυκῖνος
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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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