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ἢν δ᾽ ἐμοὶ πείθῃ, πρῶτον μέν σοι πολλὰ ἐπιδείξω παλαιῶν ἀνδρῶν ἔργα καὶ πράξεις θαυμαστὰς.
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καὶ λόγους αὐτῶν ἀπαγγελῶ, καὶ πάντων
ὡς εἰπεῖν ἔμπειρον ἀποφανῶ, καὶ τὴν ψυχήν,
ὅπερ σοι κυριώτατόν ἐστι, κατακοσμήσω πολλοῖς καὶ ἀγαθοῖς κοσμήμασι — σωφροσύνῃ, δικαιοσύνῃ,
εὐσεβείᾳ, πρᾳότητι, ἐπιεικείᾳ, συνέσει, καρτερίᾳ,
τῷ τῶν καλῶν ἔρωτι, τῇ πρὸς τὰ σεμνότατα
ὁρμῇ: ταῦτα γάρ ἐστιν ὁ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκήρατος
ὡς ἀληθῶς κόσμος. λήσει δέ σε οὔτε παλαιὸν
οὐδὲν οὔτε νῦν γενέσθαι δέον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα προόψει μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ὅλως ἅπαντα ὁπόσα ἐστί, τά τε θεῖα τὰ τ᾽ ἀνθρώπινα, οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν
σε διδάξομαι.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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