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ζητῶ οὖν πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ὁπόθεν τὰ τοσαῦτα κακὰ συνελέξω καὶ ἐν ὁπόσῳ χρόνῳ καὶ ὅπου κατακλείσας εἶχες τοσοῦτον ἐσμὸν ἀτόπων καὶ διαστρόφων ὀνομάτων, ὧν τὰ μὲν αὐτὸς ἐποίησας, τὰ
δὲ κατορωρυγμένα ποθὲν ἀνασπῶν κατὰ τὸ ἰαμβεῖον ^
ὄλοιο θνητῶν ἐκλέγων τὰς συμφοράς:
τοσοῦτον βόρβορον συνερανίσας κατήντλησάς μου
μηδέν σε δεινὸν εἰργασμένου. δοκεῖς δέ μοι
μήτε φίλον τινὰ ἢ οἰκεῖον ἢ εὔνουν ἔχειν μήτε ἀνδρὶ ἐλευθέρῳ πώποτε καὶ παρρησίαν ἄγοντι
[p. 316] ἐντετυχηκέναι, ὃς τἀληθὲς εἰπὼν ἔπαυσεν ἄν σε ὑδέρῳ μὲν ἐχόμενον καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους
διαρραγῆναι κινδυνεύοντα, σαυτῷ δὲ εὔσαρκον εἶναι δοκοῦντα καὶ εὐρωστίαν οἰόμενον τὴν συμφορὰν
καὶ ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν ἀνοήτων ἐπαινούμενον ἀγνοούντων
ἃ πάσχεις, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων εἰκότως ἐλεούμενον.
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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