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ἐπεὶ δὲ τὰς ἀρετὰς ἔφην τὰς ὀρχηστικάς, ἄκουε καὶ τὰς κακίας αὐτῶν. τὰς μὲν οὖν ἐν σώματι ἤδη ἔδειξα, τὰς δὲ τῆς διανοίας οὕτως ἐπιτηρεῖν, οἶμαι, δύναιο ἄν. πολλοὶ γὰρ αὐτῶν
ὑπ᾽ ἀμαθίας — ἀμήχανον γὰρ ἅπαντας εἶναι σοφοὺς — καὶ σολοικίας δεινὰς ἐν τῇ ὀρχήσει ἐπιδείκνυνται,
οἱ μὲν ἄλογα κινούμενοι καὶ μηδέν, ὥς φασι, πρὸς τὴν χορδήν, ἕτερα μὲν γὰρ ὁ πούς, ἕτερα
δ᾽ ὁ ῥυθμὸς λέγει: οἱ δὲ εὔρυθμα μέν, τὰ πράγματα
δὲ μετάχρονα ἢ πρόχρονα, οἷον ἐγώ ποτε ἰδὼν μέμνημαι. τὰς γὰρ Διὸς γονὰς ὀρχούμενός τις καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν παρωρχεῖτο
[p. 282] τὰς Θυέστου συμφοράς, τῷ ὁμοίῳ παρηγμένος.
καὶ ἄλλος τὴν Σεμέλην ὑποκρινόμενος βαλλομένην
τῷ κεραυνῷ τὴν Γλαύκην αὐτῇ εἴκαζε μεταγενεστέραν οὖσαν. ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀπό γε τῶν τοιούτων ὀρχηστῶν ὀρχήσεως αὐτῆς, οἶμαι, καταγνωστέον οὐδὲ τὸ ἔργον αὐτὸ μισητέον, ἀλλὰ τοὺς μέν, ὥσπερ εἰσίν, ἀμαθεῖς νομιστέον, ἐπαινετέον δὲ τοὺς ἐννόμως καὶ κατὰ ῥυθμὸν τῆς τέχνης ἱκανῶς
ἕκαστα δρῶντας.
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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