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τὸ δὲ πάντων καταγελαστότατον ἐκεῖνό ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑπεράττικος εἶναι ἀξιῶν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν εἰς τὸ ἀρχαιότατον ἀπηκριβωμένος τοιαῦτα ἔνια, μᾶλλον
δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα, ἐγκαταμιγνύεις τοῖς λόγοις ἃ μηδὲ παῖς ἄρτι μανθάνων ἀγνοήσειεν ἄν: ^ οἷον
ἐκεῖνα πῶς οἴει κατὰ γῆς δῦναι ηὐχόμην ἀκούων
σου ἐπιδεικνυμένου, ὅτε χιτώνιον μὲν καὶ τὸ
ἀνδρεῖον ᾤου λέγεσθαι, δουλάρια δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄρρενας τῶν ἀκολούθων ἀπεκάλεις, ἃ τίς οὐκ οἶδεν ὅτι χιτώνιον μὲν γυναικὸς ἐσθής, δουλάρια
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δὲ τὰ θήλεα καλοῦσιν ; καὶ ἄλλα πολὺ τούτων προφανέστερα, οἷον τὸ ἵπτατο καὶ τὸ ἀπαντώμενος
καὶ τὸ καθεσθείς, οὐδὲ μετοικικὰ τῆς Ἀθηναίων φωνῆς. ἡμεῖς οὐδὲ ποιητὰς ἐπαινοῦμεν τοὺς κατάγλωττα ^ γράφοντας ποιήματα. τὰ δὲ σά,
ὡς πεζὰ μέτροις παραβάλλειν, καθάπερ ὁ Δωσιάδα Βωμὸς ἂν εἴη καὶ ἡ τοῦ Λυκόφρονος Ἀλεξάνδρα,
καὶ εἴ τις ἔτι τούτων τὴν φωνὴν κακοδαιμονέστερος.
ἂν ταῦτα ζηλώσῃς καὶ μεταμάθῃς, ἄριστα βεβουλευμένος ὑπὲρ σεαυτοῦ ἔσῃ: ἢν δὲ λάθῃς
αὖθις εἰς τὴν λιχνείαν κατολισθών, ἐμοὶ μὲν
ἀποπεπλήρωται ἡ παραίνεσις, σὺ δὲ σεαυτὸν αἰτιάσῃ, ἄν γε καὶ ξυνῇς χείρων γενόμενος.
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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