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τὰ μὲν δὴ πρῶτα τῆς σωφροσύνης τοῦ πατρὸς λύσις ἦν τῆς ἀποκηρύξεως, καὶ σωτὴρ καὶ εὐεργέτης
καὶ πάντα ἦν ἐγώ. καὶ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, τούτοις ἔγκλημα προσεῖναι ἐδύνατο. τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα δέ, τί τῶν πάντων αἰτιᾷ; τίνα θεραπείαν, τίνα ἐπιμέλειαν υἱοῦ παρῆκα ; πότε ἀπόκοιτος ἐγενόμην ; τίνας
πότους ἀκαίρους, τίνας κώμους ἐγκαλεῖς ; τίς ἀσωτία ; τίς πορνοβοσκὸς ὕβρισται ; τίς
ᾐτιάσατο ; οὐδὲ εἷς. καὶ μὴν ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐφ᾽ οἷς μάλιστα ὁ νόμος ἀποκηρύττειν ἐφίησιν. ‘ ἀλλὰ νοσεῖν ἤρξατο ἡ μητρυιά.’ τί οὖν ; ἐμοὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐγκαλεῖς καὶ νόσου δίκην ἀπαιτεῖς ;
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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