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εὖ λέγεις: ἄπειμι γοῦν ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο,
ὡς μεταβαλοίμην καὶ αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ σχῆμα. ὄψει γοῦν οὐκ
εἰς μακρὰν οὔτε πώγωνα ὥσπερ νῦν λάσιον καὶ βαθὺν
οὔτε δίαιταν κεκολασμένην, ἀλλ᾽ ἄνετα πάντα καὶ ἐλεύθερα:
τάχα δὲ καὶ πορφυρίδα μεταμφιάσομαι, ὡς εἰ
δεῖεν ἅπαντες ὅτι μηκέτι μοι τῶν λήρων ἐκείνων μέτεστιν.
ὡς εἴθε γε καὶ ἐξεμέσαι δυνατὸν ἦν ἅπαντα ἐκεῖνα, ὁπόσα
ἤκουσα παρ᾽ αὐτῶν, καὶ εὖ ἴσθι, οὐκ ἂν ὤκνησα καὶ
ἐλλέβορον πιεῖν διὰ τοῦτο ἐς τὸ ἔμπαλιν ἢ ὁ Χρύσιππος,
ὅπως μηδὲν ἔτι νοήσαιμι ὧν φασι. σοὶ δ᾽ οὖν οὐ μικρὰν
χάριν οἶδα, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὅτι με παραφερόμενον ὑπὸ θολεροῦ
τινος χειμάρρου καὶ τραχέος, ἐπιδιδόντα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ
κατὰ ῥοῦν συρρέοντα τῷ ὕδατι, ἀνέσπασας ἀπιστάς, τὸ
τῶν τραγῳδῶν τοῦτο, θεὸς ἐκ μηχανῆς ἐπιφανείς. δοκῶ
δέ μοι οὐκ ἀλόγως ἂν καὶ ξυρήσασθαι τὴν κεφαλὴν ὥσπερ
οἱ ἐκ τῶν ναυαγίων ἀποσωθέντες ἐλεύθεροι, ἅτε καὶ
σωτήρια τήμερον ἄξων τοσαύτην ἀχλὺν ἀποσεισάμενος
τῶν ὀμμάτων. φιλοσόφῳ δὲ ἐς τὸ λοιπὸν κἂν ἄκων ποτὲ
ὁδῷ βαδίζων ἐντύχω, οὕτως ἐκτραπήσομαι καὶ περιστήσομαι
ὥσπερ τοὺς λυττῶντας τῶν κυνῶν.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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