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πρὸ δὲ τῶν ὅλων μεμνῆσθαι χρὴ τοὺς ἐπιτιμῶντας,
ὅτι οὐ σοφῷ ὄντι μοι — εἰ δή τις καὶ ἄλλος ἐστί που σοφός
— ἐπιτιμήσουσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ πολλοῦ δήμου,
λόγους μὲν ἀσκήσαντι καὶ τὰ μέτρια ἐπαινουμένῳ ἐπ᾽
αὐτοῖς, πρὸς δὲ τὴν ἄκραν ἐκείνην τῶν κορυφαίων ἀρετὴν
οὐ πάνυ γεγυμνασμένῳ: καὶ μὰ Δί᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ τούτῳ
ἀνιᾶσθαί μοι ἄξιον, ὅτι μηδὲ ἄλλῳ ἐγὼ γοῦν ἐντετύχηκα
τὴν τοῦ σοφοῦ ὑπόσχεσιν ἀποπληροῦντι. σοῦ μέντοι καὶ
θαυμάσαιμ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτιμῶντός μου τῷ νυνὶ βίῳ, εἴ γε ἐπιτιμῴης,
ὃν πρὸ πολλοῦ ᾔδεις ἐπὶ ῥητορικῇ δημοσίᾳ μεγίστας
μισθοφορὰς ἐνεγκάμενον, ὁπότε κατὰ θέαν τοῦ
ἑσπερίου Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ τὴν Κελτικὴν ἅμα ἐπιὼν ἐνέτυχες
ἡμῖν τοῖς μεγαλομίσθοις τῶν σοφιστῶν ἐναριθμουμένοις.
ταῦτά σοι, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καίτοι ἐν μυρίαις ταῖς ἀσχολίαις
ὢν ὅμως ἀπελογησάμην, οὐκ ἐν παρέργῳ θέμενος τὴν
λευκὴν παρὰ σοῦ καὶ πλήρη μοι ἐνεχθῆναι: ἐπεὶ πρός γε
τοὺς ἄλλους, κἂν συνάμα πάντες κατηγορῶσιν, ἱκανὸν
ἂν εἴη μοι τό, οὐ φροντὶς Ἱπποκλείδῃ.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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