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οὐ μόνον δὲ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους αὐτοὺς θεοῖς ἀπεικάζει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ^ Εὐφόρβου κόμην ταῖς
[p. 332] Χάρισιν ἀπείκασε, καὶ ταῦτα αἵματι δεδευμένην. καὶ ὅλως τοσαῦτά ἐστιν τὰ τοιαῦτα ὡς μηδὲν
εἶναι μέρος τῆς ποιήσεως ὃ μὴ ταῖς θείαις εἰκόσιν διακεκόσμηται. ὥστε ἢ κἀκεῖνα ἐξαληλίφθω, ἢ καὶ ἡμῖν τὰ ὅμοια τολμᾶν ἐφείσθω. οὕτω δὲ τὸ κατὰ τὰς εἰκόνας καὶ τὰς ὁμοιώσεις ἀνεύθυνόν ἐστιν ὥστε Ὅμηρος καὶ τὰς θεὰς αὐτὰς οὐκ
ὤκνησεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλαττόνων ἐπαινέσαι: τοὺς γοῦν τῆς Ἥρας ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῖς τῶν βοῶν εἴκασεν ἕτερος δέ τις ἰοβλέφαρον τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἔφη. τὴν μὲν γὰρ ῥοδοδάκτυλον τίς ἀγνοεῖ τῶν
κἂν ἐπ᾽ ἐλάχιστον τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει
ὡμιληκότων ;
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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