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ὁ σεμνὸς δὲ οὗτος ἀπό
γε τοῦ σχήματος καὶ βρενθυόμενος, ὁ τὰς ὀφρῦς ἐπηρκώς,
ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν φροντίδων τίς ἐστιν, ὁ τὸν βαθὺν πώγωνα καθειμένος;
Μένιππος
φιλόσοφός τις, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, μᾶλλον δὲ γόης καὶ
τερατείας μεστός: ὥστε ἀπόδυσον καὶ τοῦτον: ὄψει γὰρ
πολλὰ καὶ γελοῖα ὑπὸ τῷ ἱματίῳ σκεπόμενα.
Ἑρμῆς
ἀπόθου σὺ τὸ σχῆμα πρῶτον, εἶτα καὶ ταυτὶ
πάντα. ὦ Ζεῦ, ὅσην μὲν τὴν ἀλαζονείαν κομίζει, ὅσην
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δὲ ἀμαθίαν καὶ ἔριν καὶ κενοδοξίαν καὶ ἐρωτήσεις ἀπόρους
καὶ λόγους ἀκανθώδεις καὶ ἐννοίας πολυπλόκους,
ἀλλὰ καὶ ματαιοπονίαν μάλα πολλὴν καὶ λῆρον οὐκ ὀλίγον
καὶ ὕθλους καὶ μικρολογίαν, νὴ Δία καὶ χρυσίον γε
τουτὶ καὶ ἡδυπάθειαν δὲ καὶ ἀναισχυντίαν καὶ ὀργὴν καὶ
τρυφὴν καὶ μαλακίαν: οὐ λέληθε γάρ με, εἰ καὶ μάλα περικρύπτεις
αὐτά. καὶ τὸ ψεῦδος δὲ ἀπόθου καὶ τὸν τῦφον
καὶ τὸ οἴεσθαι ἀμείνων εἶναι τῶν ἄλλων: ὡς εἴ γε ταῦτα
πάντα ἔχων ἐμβαίης, ποία πεντηκόντορος δέξαιτο ἄν σε;
φιλόσοφος
ἀποτίθεμαι τοίνυν αὐτά, ἐπείπερ οὕτω κελεύεις.
Μένιππος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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