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ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι μὲν ἡγνοεις τοὔνομα τὴν ἀποφράβα
παντί που δῆλον. πῶς γὰρ ἂν ᾐτιῶ βάρβαρον
εἶναί με τὴν φωνὴν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, εἰπόντα ὑπέρ σοῦ ὡς ἀποφράδι ὅμοιος εἴης τὸν γὰρ τρόπον σου νὴ Δία μέμνημαι εἰκάσας τῇ τοιαύτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, εἰ μὴ καὶ παντάπασιν ἀνήκοος ἦσθα τοῦ ὀνόματος ; ἐγὼ δὲ τήν μὲν ἀποφράδα ὅ τι καὶ βούλεται εἶναι διδάξω σε μικρὸν ὕστερον: τὸ δὲ τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου ἐκεῖνο ἤδη σοι λέγω, ὅτι τέττιγα τοῦ πτεροῦ συνείληφας, εἴπερ τινὰ ποιητὴν ἰάμβων ἀκούεις Ἀρχίλοχον, Πάριον τὸ γένος, ἄνδρα κομιδῇ ἐλεύθερον καὶ παρρησίᾳ συνόντα, μηδὲν ὀκνοῦντα ὀνειδίζειν, εἰ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα λυπήσειν ἔμελλε
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τοὺς περιπετεῖς ἐσομένους τῇ χολῇ τῶν ἰάμβων
αὐτοῦ. ἐκεῖνος τοίνυν πρός τινος τῶν τοιούτων ἀκούσας κακῶς τέττιγα ἔφη τὸν ἄνδρα
εἰληφέναι τοῦ πτεροῦ, εἰκάζων ἑαυτὸν τῷ τέττιγι ὁ
Ἀρχίλοχος φύσει μὲν λάλῳ ὄντι καὶ ἄνευ τινὸς ἀνάγκης, ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ τοῦ πτεροῦ ληφθῇ,
γεγωνότερον βοῶντι. ‘ καὶ σὺ δή,’ ἔφη, ‘ὦ
κακόδαιμον ἄνθρωπε, τί βουλόμενος ποιητὴν λάλον
παροξύνεις ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν αἰτίας ζητοῦντα καὶ ὑποθέσεις τοῖς ἰάμβοις ;’
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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