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βδελυρίας ΙΑ᾽

οὐ χαλεπὸν δέ ἐστι τὴν βδελυρίαν διορίσασθαι: ἔστι γὰρ παιδιὰ ἐπιφανὴς καὶ ἐπονείδιστος, ὁ δὲ βδελυρὸς [2] τοιοῦτός τις, οἷος ἀπαντήσας γυναιξὶν ἐλευθέραις ἀνασυράμενος [3] δεῖξαι τὸ αἰδοῖον. καὶ ἐν θεάτρῳ κροτεῖν, ὅταν οἱ ἄλλοι παύωνται, καὶ συρίττειν, οὓς ἡδέως θεωροῦσιν οἱ λοιποί: καὶ ὅταν σιωπήσῃ τὸ θέατρον, ἀνακύψας ἐρυγεῖν, [4] ἵνα τοὺς καθημένους ποιήσῃ μεταστραφῆναι. καὶ πληθούσης τῆς ἀγορᾶς προσελθὼν πρὸς τὰ κάρυα ἢ τὰ μύρτα ἢ τὰ ἀκρόδρυα ἑστηκὼς τραγηματίζεσθαι, ἅμα τῷ πωλοῦντι προσλαλῶν: καὶ καλέσαι δὲ τῶν παρόντων ὀνομαστί τινα, [5] ᾧ μὴ συνήθης ἐστί. καὶ σπεύδοντας δέ που ὁρῶν περιμεῖναι [6] κελεῦσαι. καὶ ἡττωμένῳ δὲ μεγάλην δίκην ἀπιόντι [7] ἀπὸ τοῦ δικαστηρίου προσελθεῖν καὶ συνησθῆναι. καὶ ὀψωνεῖν ἑαυτῷ καὶ αὐλητρίδας μισθοῦσθαι καὶ δεικνύειν δὲ τοῖς ἀπαντῶσι τὰ ὠψωνημένα καὶ παρακαλεῖν ἐπὶ ταῦτα. [8] καὶ διηγεῖσθαι προσστὰς πρὸς κουρεῖον ἢ μυροπώλιον, ὅτι μεθύσκεσθαι μέλλει.

Characters. Theophrastus. Hermann Diels. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 1909.

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