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αὐτούς, τό τε ἔναγχος ἐνθένδε ἦν μὲν ἡ τοῦ ἔτους ἀρχή, μᾶλλον δὲ ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς μεγάλης
νουμηνίας τρίτη, ἐν ᾗ οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι κατά τι ἀρχαῖον
εὔχονταί τε αὐτοὶ ὑπὲρ ἅπαντος τοῦ ἔτους εὐχάς τινας καὶ θύουσι, Νομᾶ ^ τοῦ βασιλέως καταστησαμένου τὰς ἱερουργίας αὐτοῖς, καὶ πεπιστεύκασιν
τοὺς θεοὺς ἐν ἐκείνῃ μάλιστα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ χρηματίζειν τοῖς εὐχομένοις. ἐν τοιαύτῃ τοίνυν ἑορτῇ καὶ
ἱερομηνίᾳ ὁ τότε γελάσας ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἐκεῖνος
ἐπὶ τῷ ὑποβολιμαίῳ Πυθαγόρᾳ ἰδὼν προσιόντα τὸν κατάπτυστον καὶ ἀλαζόνα, τὸν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων λόγων ὑποκριτήν ἐτύγχανε δὲ καὶ τὸν τρόπον ἀκριβῶς εἰδὼς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ἀσέλγειαν καὶ μιαρίαν τοῦ βίου καὶ ἃ ποιεῖν ἐλέγετο καὶ ἃ ποιῶν κατείληπτο ^ ‘ Ὥρα ἡμῖν,'’ ἔφη πρός τινα
[p. 384] τῶν ἑταίρων, ' ‘ ἐκτρέπεσθαι τὸ δυσάντητον τοῦτο θέαμα, ὃς φανεὶς ἔοικε τὴν ἡδίστην ἡμέραν ἀποφράδα ἡμῖν ποιήσειν.'’ Τοῦτ᾽ ἀκούσας ὁ σοφιστὴς τὴν ἀποφράδα ὥς
τι ξένον καὶ ἀλλότριον τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄνομα ἐγέλα εὐθὺς καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦ πάλαι ἐκείνου γέλωτος ἠμύνετο, ὡς γοῦν ᾤετο, καὶ πρὸς ἅπαντας ἔλεγεν, ' ‘ ἀποφράς, τί δὲ τοῦτό ἐστι; καρπός τις
ἢ βοτάνη τις ἢ σκεῦος ; ἆρα τῶν ἐσθιομένων ἢ πινομένων τί ἐστιν ἀποφρὰς ; ἐγὼ μὲν οὔτε ἤκουσα
πώποτε οὔτ᾽ ἂν συνείην ποτὲ ὅ τι καὶ λέγει.'’
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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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