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ταῦτά σοι, ὦ φιλότης, ὀλίγα ἐκ παμπόλλων παρέδειξα ὀρχήσεως ἔργα καὶ ἐπιτηδεύματα,
ὡς μὴ πάνυ ἄχθοιό μοι ἐρωτικῶς θεωμένῳ αὐτά.
εἰ δὲ βουληθείης κοινωνῆσαί μοι τῆς θέας, εὖ οἶδα ἐγὼ πάνυ ἁλωσόμενόν σε καὶ
ὀρχηστομανήσοντά γε προσέτι. ὥστε οὐδὲν δεήσομαι τὸ τῆς Κίρκης ἐκεῖνο πρὸς σὲ εἰπεῖν, τὸ
θαῦμὰ μ᾽ ἔχει ὡς οὔτι πιὼν τάδε φάρμακ᾽ ἐθέλχθης, θελχθήσῃ γάρ, καὶ μὰ Δί᾽ οὐκ ὄνου κεφαλὴν ἢ συὸς καρδίαν ἕξεις, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν νόος σοι ἐμπεδώτερος ἔσται, σὺ δὲ ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς οὐδὲ ὀλίγον τοῦ κυκεῶνος ἄλλῳ μεταδώσεις πιεῖν. ὅπερ γὰρ ὁ
Ὅμηρος περὶ τῆς Ἑρμοῦ ῥάβδου τῆς χρυσῆς λέγει, ὅτι καὶ ‘ ἀνδρῶν ὄμματα θέλγει δι᾽’ αὐτῆς
ὧν ἐθέλει, τοὺς δ᾽ αὖτε καὶ ὑπνώοντας ἐγείρει, τοῦτο ἀτεχνῶς ὄρχησις ποιεῖ καὶ τὰ ὄμματα θέλγουσα καὶ ἐγρηγορέναι ποιοῦσα καὶ ἐπεγείρουσα τὴν διάνοιαν πρὸς ἕκαστα τῶν δρωμένων.
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καὶ μὴν ἤδη ἐγώ, ὦ Λυκῖνε, πείθομαὶ τέ σοι καὶ ἀναπεπταμένα ἔχω καὶ τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὰ ὄμματα.
καὶ μέμνησό γε, ὦ φιλότης, ἐπειδὰν εἰς τὸ θέατρον ἴῃς, κἀμοὶ παρὰ σαυτῷ θέαν καταλαμβάνειν,
ὡς μὴ μόνος ἐκεῖθεν σοφώτερος ἡμῖν ἐπανίοις.
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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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