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καὶ ὁποίας ἂν δέξηται τὰς μορφὰς τῶν ἔργων, τοιαῦτα
καὶ δεικνύτω αὐτά, διάστροφον δὲ ἢ παράχρουν ἢ ἑτερόσχημον
μηδέν: οὐ γὰρ ὥσπερ τοῖς ῥήτορσι γράφουσιν,
ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν λεχθησόμενα ἔστι καὶ εἰρήσεται: πέπρακται
γὰρ ἤδη: δεῖ δὲ τάξαι καὶ εἰπεῖν αὐτά. ὥστε οὐ
τί εἴπωσι ζητητέον αὐτοῖς, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως εἴπωσιν. ὅλως δὲ
νομιστέον τὸν ἱστορίαν συγγράφοντα Φειδίᾳ χρῆναι ἢ
Πραξιτέλει ἐοικέναι ἢ Ἀλκαμένει ἢ τῳ ἄλλῳ ἐκείνων.
οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι χρυσὸν ἢ ἄργυρον ἢ ἐλέφαντα ἢ
τὴν ἄλλην ὕλην ἐποίουν, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν ὑπῆρχε καὶ προϋπεβέβλητο,
Ἠλείων ἢ Ἀθηναίων ἢ Ἀργείων πεπορισμένων,
οἱ δὲ ἔπλαττον μόνον καὶ ἔπριον τὸν ἐλέφαντα καὶ ἔξεον
καὶ ἐκόλλων καὶ ἐρρύθμιζον καὶ ἐπήνθιζον τῷ χρυσῷ,
καὶ τοῦτο ἦν ἡ τέχνη αὐτοῖς ἐς δέον οἰκονομήσασθαι τὴν
ὕλην. τοιοῦτο δή τι καὶ τὸ τοῦ συγγραφέως ἔργον, εἰς
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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