[3]
ἀλλὰ γὰρ οὗπερ ἕνεκα ἐμνήσθην αὐτοῦ, ἔζη μὲν ἔτι ὸ
Τόξαρις, ὁ Ἀνάχαρσις δὲ ἄρτι καταπεπλευκὼς ἀνῄει ἐκ
Πειραιῶς, οἷα δὴ ξένος καὶ βάρβαρος οὐ μετρίως τεταραγμένος
ἔτι τὴν γνώμην, πάντα ἀγνοῶν, ψοφοδεὴς πρὸς
τὰ πολλά, οὐκ ἔχων ὅ τι χρήσαιτο ἑαυτῷ: καὶ γὰρ συνίει
καταγελώμενος ὑπὸ τῶν ὁρώντων ἐπὶ τῇ σκευῇ, καὶ ὁμόγλωσσον
οὐδένα εὕρισκε, καὶ ὅλως μετέμελεν αὐτῷ ἤδη
τῆς ὁδοῦ, καὶ ἐδέδοκτο ἰδόντα μόνον τὰς Ἀθήνας ἐπὶ
πόδα εὐθὺς ὀπίσω χωρεῖν καὶ πλοίῳ ἐπιβάντα πλεῖν αὖθις
ἐπὶ Βοσπόρου, ὅθεν οὐ πολλὴ ἔμελλεν αὐτῷ ὁδὸς ἔσεσθαι
οἴκαδε ἐς Σκύθας. οὕτως ἔχοντι τῷ Ἀναχάρσιδι ἐντυγχάνει
δαίμων τις ἀγαθὸς ὡς ἀληθῶς ὁ Τόξαρις ἤδη ἐν τῷ
Κεραμεικῷ: καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἡ στολὴ αὐτὸν ἐπεσπάσατο
πατριῶτις οὖσα, εἶτα μέντοι οὐ χαλεπῶς ἔμελλε καὶ
αὐτὸν γνώσεσθαι τὸν Ἀνάχαρσιν ἅτε γένους τοῦ δοκιμωτάτου
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ὄντα καὶ ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις Σκυθῶν. ὁ Ἀναχαρσις
δὲ πόθεν ἂν ἐκεῖνον ἔγνω ὁμοεθνῆ ὄντα, Ἑλληνιστὶ
ἐσταλμένον, ὑπεξυρημένον τὸ γένειον, ἄζωστον, ἀσίδηρον,
ἤδη στωμύλον, αὐτῶν τῶν Ἀττικῶν ἕνα τῶν αὐτοχθόνων;
οὕτω μετεπεποίητο ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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