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ἐθέλω
γοῦν ἐκ περιττοῦ χρησάμενος τῇ παρρησίᾳ καὶ ὁμόσε χωρήσας
τῷ ἐπιφερομένῳ ἐγκλήματι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἀπολογήσασθαι,
καὶ δὴ φημί σοι μηδένα μηδὲν ἀμισθὶ ποιεῖν,
οὐδ᾽ ἂν τοὺς τὰ μέγιστα πράττοντας εἴπῃς, ὅπου
μηδὲ βασιλεὺς αὐτὸς ἄμισθός ἐστιν. οὐ φόρους λέγω
οὐδὲ δασμούς, ὁπόσοι παρὰ τῶν ἀρχομένων ἐπέτειοι φοιτῶσιν,
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστι βασιλεῖ μισθὸς μέγιστος ἔπαινοι καὶ ἡ
παρὰ πᾶσιν εὔκλεια καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ ταῖς εὐεργεσίαις προσκυνεῖσθαι,
καὶ εἰκόνες δὲ καὶ νεῲ καὶ τεμένη, ὁπόσα παρὰ
τῶν ἀρχομένων ἔχουσι, μισθοὶ καὶ ταῦτά εἰσιν ὑπὲρ τῶν
φροντίδων καὶ προνοίας, ἣν εἰσφέρονται προσκοποῦντες
ἀεὶ τὰ κοινὰ καὶ βελτίω ποιοῦντες. ὡς δὴ μικρὰ μεγάλοις
εἰκάζειν, ἢν ἐθέλῃς ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σωροῦ κορυφῆς
ἐφ᾽ ἕκαστον τούτων, ἀφ᾽ ὧν σύγκειται, καταβαίνειν,
ὄψει ὅτι μεγέθει καὶ σμικρότητι διαλλάττομεν τῶν
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ἀκροτάτων, τα δ᾽ ἄλλα μισθοφόροι ὁμοίως ἅπαντες.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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