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οὐ καινὰ μὲν ταῦτα, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, οὐδὲ παράδοξα τὰ ^ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐν τῷ παρόντι γιγνόμενα, οὐδὲ νῦν πρῶτον τὰ τοιαῦτα ὀργίζεται, ἀλλὰ πρόχειρος οὗτος ὁ νόμος αὐτῷ καὶ συνήθως ἐπὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἀφικνεῖται τὸ δικαστήριον. ἐκεῖνο δὲ καινότερον νῦν δυστυχῶ, ὅτι ἔγκλημα μὲν ἴδιον
οὐκ ἔχω, κινδυνεύω δὲ τιμωρίαν ὑποσχεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς τέχνης εἰ μὴ πάντα δύναται πείθεσθαι τούτῳ κελεύοντι, οὗ τί γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἀτοπώτερον, θεραπεύειν ἐκ προστάγματος, οὐκέθ᾽ ὡς ἡ τέχνη δύναται, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ὁ πατὴρ βούλεται ; ἐβουλόμην μὲν οὖν τὴν ἰατρικὴν καὶ τοιοῦτόν τι ἔχειν
[p. 478] φάρμακον ὃ μὴ μόνον τοὺς μεμηνότας ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀδίκως ὀργιζομένους παύειν ἐδύνατο, ἵνα καὶ τοῦτο τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ νόσημα ἰασαίμην. νυνὶ
δὲ τὰ μὲν τῆς μανίας αὐτῷ τέλεον πέπαυται,
τὰ δὲ τῆς ὀργῆς μᾶλλον ἐπιτείνεται, καὶ τὸ δεινότατον, τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἅπασιν σωφρονεῖ, κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ δὲ τοῦ θεραπεύσαντος μόνου μαίνεται. τὸν μὲν οὖν μισθὸν τῆς θεραπείας ὁρᾶτε οἷον ἀπολαμβάνω, ἀποκηρυττόμενος ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πάλιν καὶ τοῦ γένους ἀλλοτριούμενος δεύτερον, ὥσπερ διὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἀναληφθεὶς πρὸς ὀλίγον ἵν᾽ ἀτιμότερος γένωμαι πολλάκις. ἐκπεσὼν τῆς οἰκίας.
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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