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ταυτὶ
οὐ μὰ Δία πρὸς Νίκανδρον τὸν ποιητὴν φιλοτιμούμενος
διεξῆλθον, οὐδ᾽ ὅπως ὑμεῖς μάθοιτε ὡς οὐκ ἀμελὲς γεγένηταί
μοι φύσεις τῶν Λιβυκῶν ἑρπετῶν εἰδέναι: ἰατρῶν
γὰρ ἂν μᾶλλον ὁ ἔπαινος εἴη, οἷς ἀνάγκη εἰδέναι
ταῦτα, ὡς καὶ ἀμύνασθαι αὐτὰ μετὰ τῆς τέχνης ἔχοιεν:
ἀλλά μοι δοκῶ — καὶ πρὸς φιλίου μὴ δυσχεράνητε τὴν
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εἰκόνα θηριώδη οὖσαν — ὅμοιόν τι καὶ αὐτὸς παθεῖν
πρὸς ὑμᾶς, οἷον ἐκεῖνοι πάσχουσι πρὸς τὸ ποτὸν οἱ
δηχθέντες ὑπὸ τῆς διψάδος: ὅσῳ γὰρ ἂν ἐπὶ πλέον παρίω
ἐς ὑμᾶς, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὀρέγομαι τοῦ πράγματος καὶ
τὸ δίψος ἄσχετον ὑπεκκαίεταί μοι καὶ ἔοικα οὐδ᾽ ἐμπλησθήσεσθαί
ποτε τοῦ τοιούτου ποτοῦ. μάλα εἰκότως. ποῦ
γὰρ ἂν οὕτω διειδεῖ τε καὶ καθαρῷ ὕδατι ἐντύχοιμι;
ὥστε σύγγνωτε, εἰ δηχθεὶς καὶ αὐτος τὴν ψυχὴν ἡδίστῳ
τούτῳ καὶ ὑγιεινοτάτῳ τῷ δήγματι ἐμφοροῦμαι χανδὸν
ὑποθεὶς τῷ κρουνῷ τὴν κεφαλήν: εἴη μόνον μὴ ἐπιλιπεῖν
τὰ παρ᾽ ὑμῶν ἐπιρρέοντα μηδὲ χυθεῖσαν τὴν σπουδὴν
τῆς ἀκροάσεως κεχηνότα ἔτι καὶ διψῶντα καταλιπεῖν:
ὡς δίψους γε ἕνεκα τοὐμοῦ πρὸς ὑμᾶς οὐδὲν ἂν ἐκώλυε
πίνειν ἀεί: κατὰ γὰρ τὸν σοφὸν Πλάτωνα κόρος οὐδεὶς τῶν καλῶν.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol III. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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