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ὅπερ ἀνάγκη, οἶμαι, παθεῖν καὶ τὸν ἐν οὕτω καλοῖς ἔργοις λόγους δεικνύοντα: λανθάνει γὰρ ἐν τῷ μεγέθει τῶν καλῶν τὸ λεχθὲν καὶ ἀμαυροῦται καὶ συναρπάζεται, καθάπερ εἰ λύχνον τις εἰς πυρκαϊὰν μεγάλην φέρων ἐμβάλλοι ἢ μύρμηκα ἐπ᾽ ἐλέφαντος ἢ καμήλου δεικνύοι. τοῦτό τε οὖν φυλακτέον τῷ λέγοντι, καὶ προσέτι μὴ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιταράττηται ^ ἐν οὕτως εὐφώνῳ καὶ ἠχήεντι οἴκῳ λέγων ἀντιφθέγγεται γὰρ καὶ ἀντιφωνεῖ
καὶ ἀντιλέγει, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπικαλύπτει τὴν βοήν,
οἷόν τι καὶ σάλπιγξ δρᾷ τὸν αὐλόν, εἰ συναυλοῖεν,
ἢ τοὺς κελευστὰς ἡ θάλαττα, ὁπόταν πρὸς κύματος ἦχον ἐπᾴδειν τῇ εἰρεσίᾳ θέλωσιν ἐπικρατεῖ γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοφωνία καὶ κατασιωπᾷ τὸ ἧττον.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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