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ὅ δὴ καὶ Δημήτριον τὸν Κυνικὸν παθεῖν λέγουσιν. ἐπεὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς ὅμοιά σοι κατηγόρει τῆς
ὀρχηστικῆς, λέγων τοῦ αὐλοῦ καὶ τῶν συρίγγων
καὶ τῶν κτύπων πάρεργόν τι τὸν ὀρχηστὴν εἶναι, μηδὲν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸ δρᾶμα συντελοῦντα, κινούμενον δὲ ἄλογον ἄλλως κίνησιν καὶ μάταιον, οὐδενὸς αὐτῇ νοῦ προσόντος, τῶν δὲ ἀνθρώπων τοῖς περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα γοητευομένων,^: ἐσθῆτι σηρικῇ καὶ προσωπείῳ εὐπρεπεῖ, αὐλῷ τε καὶ τερετίσμασι καὶ τῇ τῶν ᾀδόντων εὐφωνίᾳ, οἷς κοσμεῖσθαι μηδὲν ὂν τὸ τοῦ ὀρχηστοῦ πρᾶγμα, ὁ
τότε κατὰ τὸν Νέρωνα εὐδοκιμῶν ὀρχηστής, οὐκ
[p. 266] ἀσύνετος, ὥς φασιν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ καί τις ἄλλος ἔν τε ἱστορίας μνήμῃ καὶ κινήσεως κάλλει διενεγκών, ἐδεήθη τοῦ Δημητρίου εὐγνωμονεστάτην, οἶμαι, τὴν δέησιν, ἰδεῖν ὀρχούμενον, ἔπειτα κατηγορεῖν
αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπέσχετό γε ἄνευ αὐλοῦ καὶ ᾀσμάτων ἐπιδείξεσθαι αὐτῷ. καὶ οὕτως ἐποίησεν: ἡσυχίαν γὰρ τοῖς τε κτυποῦσι καὶ τοῖς αὐλοῦσι καὶ αὐτῷ
παραγγείλας τῷ χορῷ, αὐτὸς ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ ὠρχήσατο τὴν Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Ἄρεος μοιχείαν, Ἥλιον μηνύοντα, καὶ Ἥφαιστον ἐπιβουλεύοντα καὶ τοῖς δεσμοῖς ἀμφοτέρους, τήν τε Ἀφροδίτην καὶ τὸν
Ἄρη, σαγηνεύοντα, καὶ τοὺς ἐφεστῶτας θεοὺς
ἕκαστον αὐτῶν, καὶ αἰδουμένην μὲν τὴν Ἀφροδίτην, ὑποδεδοικότα δὲ καὶ ἱκετεύοντα τὸν Ἄρη, καὶ ὅσα τῇ ἱστορίᾳ ταύτῃ πρόσεστιν, ὥστε τὸν Δημήτριον ὑπερησθέντα τοῖς γιγνομένοις τοῦτον ἔπαινον ἀποδοῦναι τὸν μέγιστον τῷ ὀρχηστῇ ἀνέκραγε γὰρ καὶ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ ἀνεφθέγξατο, ‘ ἀκούω, ἄνθρωπε, ἃ ποιεῖς: οὐχ ὁρῶ μόνον,
ἀλλά μοι δοκεῖς ταῖς χερσὶν αὐταῖς λαλεῖν.’
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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