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εἰ ξένος ὢν ἐρῶ σου, μὴ θαυμάσῃς: οὐκ ἔστιν ὀφθαλμοὺς ξενίας ἁλῶναι, καὶ γὰρ κάλλος αὐτῶν ὁμοίως καὶ πῦρ ἀνάπτεται. οὐ μὴν ὁ Βράγχος ἔφευγε τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ὡς ξένον, οὐδὲ ὁ Πάτροκλος τὸν Ἀχιλλέα, οὐδὲ ὁ Χρύσιππος τὸν Λάιον. ἤρα καὶ Σμερδίου Πολυκράτης ὁ Σάμιος καὶ τοῦ Πέρσου μειρακίου ὁ Ἀγησίλαος, εἰ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μειρακίου ἀγνοῶ: ξένοι καὶ ὄμβροι τῆς γῆς καὶ ποταμοὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ὁ Ἀσκληπιὸς Ἀθηναίων καὶ ὁ Ζεὺς ἡμῶν καὶ ὁ Νεῖλος Αἰγυπτίων καὶ ὁ Ἥλιος πάντων. ξένη καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ σώματος καὶ ἡ ἀηδὼν τοῦ ἔαρος καὶ ἡ χελιδὼν τῆς οἰκίας καὶ ὁ Γανυμήδης τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀλκυὼν τῆς πέτρας [p. 229] καὶ ὁ ἐλέφας Ῥωμαίων καὶ ὁ ὄρνις ὁ φοῖνιξ τῶν Ἰνδῶν τῶν μυρεψικῶν: οὗτος μὲν ὁ ξένος καὶ βραδύς, τὸν δὲ πελαργὸν οἱ πρῶτον θεασάμενοι καὶ προσκυνοῦσι. ξένα καὶ τὰ γράμματα, ἐκ Φοινίκης γὰρ ἦλθε, καὶ Σηρῶν ὑφαὶ καὶ μάγων θεολογία, οἷς πᾶσιν ἥδιον χρώμεθα ἢ τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις, ὅτι τῶν μὲν σπάνιον τὸ ἐπίκτητον, τῶν δὲ ὀλίγωρον τὸ οἰκεῖον: ἀμείνων καὶ ἐραστὴς ὁ ξένος, ὅσῳ καὶ ἀνύποπτος τῇ ἀγνωσίᾳ καὶ πρὸς τὸ λαθεῖν ἀφανέστερος.

Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.

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