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ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖς συμποσίοις δρῶσιν καὶ ἃ μεθύσκονται, μακρὸν ἂν εἴη λέγειν. καὶ ταῦτα ποιοῦσι πῶς οἴει κατηγοροῦντες αὐτοὶ μέθης καὶ μοιχείας καὶ λαγνείας καὶ φιλαργυρίας: οὐδὲν γοῦν οὕτως
εὕροις ἂν ^ ἄλλο ἄλλῳ ἐναντίον ὡς τοὺς λόγους
αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔργα. οἷον κολακείαν μισεῖν φασιν, κολακείας ἕνεκα τὸν Γναθωνίδην ἢ τὸν Στρουθίαν ὑπερβαλέσθαι δυνάμενοι. ἀληθεύειν τοὺς ἄλλους προτρέποντες, οὐκ ἂν οὐδὲ κινῆσαι τὴν γλῶτταν μὴ μετὰ τοῦ καὶ ψεύσασθαι δύναιντο. ἡδονὴ πᾶσιν ἐχθρὸν τῷ λόγῳ καὶ ὁ Ἐπίκουρος πολέμιος, ἔργῳ δὲ διὰ ταύτην ἅπαντα πράττουσιν.
τὸ δ᾽ ὀξύχολον καὶ μικραίτιον καὶ πρὸς ὀργὴν ῥᾴδιον ὑπὲρ τὰ βρεφύλλια τὰ νεογνά: γέλωτα γοῦν οὐ μικρὸν παρέχουσι τοῖς θεωμένοις, ὁπόταν ὑπὸ τῆς τυχούσης αἰτίας ἐπιζέσῃ μὲν αὐτοῖς ἡ
[p. 76] χολή, πελιδνοὶ δὲ τὴν χροιὰν βλέπωνται, ἰταμόν
τι καὶ παράφορον δεδορκότες, καὶ ἀφροῦ, μᾶλλον
δὲ ἰοῦ, μεστὸν αὐτοῖς ᾖ τὸ στόμα.
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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