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ταῦτα μὲν ἔλεγεν ἐκείνη. σὺ δὲ σκόπει, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὅπως μετακοσμήσεις τὸ βιβλίον καὶ
[p. 308] ἀφαιρήσεις τὰ τοιαῦτα, μηδὲ σφαλῇς πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ὡς ἐκείνη πάνυ γε αὐτὰ ἐδυσχέραινεν καὶ ὑπέφριττεν μεταξὺ ἀναγιγνωσκομένων καὶ παρῃτεῖτο τὰς θεὰς ἵλεως εἶναι αὐτῇ. καὶ συγγνώμη, εἰ γυναικεῖόν τι ἔπαθεν. καίτοι εἰ χρὴ τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν, καὶ αὐτῷ ἐμοὶ τοιοῦτόν τι ἔδοξε.^
τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρῶτον ἀκούων οὐδὲν πλημμέλημα ἐνεώρων ^ τοῖς γεγραμμένοις, ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐκείνη ἐπεσημήνατο, καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρχομαι τὰ ὅμοια γιγνώσκειν περὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ παραπλήσιόν τι ἔπαθον οἷς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁρωμένων πάσχομεν: ἢν μὲν πάνυ ἐγγύθεν
σκοπῶμέν τι καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν,
οὐδὲν ἀκριβὲς διαγιγνώσκομεν, ἢν δὲ ἀποστάντες
ἐκ τοῦ συμμέτρου διαστήματος ἴδωμεν, ἅπαντα σαφῶς καταφαίνεται, τὰ εὖ καὶ τὰ μὴ οὕτως ἔχοντα.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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