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σὺ μὲν ἴσως, ω φίχτατβ Κέλσε, μικρόν τι καὶ φαῦλον οἴει τὸ πρόσταγμα, προστάττειν τὸν
Ἀλεξάνδρου σοι τοῦ Ἀβωνοτειχίτου γόητος βίον
καὶ ἐπινοίας αὐτοῦ καὶ τολμήματα καὶ μαγγανείας εἰς βιβλίον ἐγγράψαντα πέμψαι: τὸ δέ, εἴ τις ἐθέλοι πρὸς τὸ ἀκριβὲς ἕκαστον ἐπεξιέναι, οὐ
μεῖόν ἐστιν ἢ τὰς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Φιλίππου
πράξεις ἀναγράψαι: τοσοῦτος εἰς κακίαν οὗτος, ὅσος εἰς ἀρετὴν ἐκεῖνος. ὅμως δὲ εἰ μετὰ συγγνώμης ἀναγνώσεσθαι μέλλοις καὶ τὰ ἐνδέοντα τοῖς ἱστορουμένοις προσλογιεῖσθαι,, ὑποστήσομαί σοι τὸν ἆθλον, καὶ τὴν Αὐγέου βουστασίαν, εἰ
καὶ μὴ πᾶσαν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς δύναμίν γε τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ἀνακαθάρασθαι πειράσομαι, ὀλίγους ὅσους τῶν κοφίνων ἐκφορήσας, ὡς ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνων τεκμαίροιο πόση πᾶσα καὶ ὡς ἀμύθητος ἦν ἡ κόπρος ἣν
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τρισχίλιοι βόες ἐν πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν ποιῆσαι ἐδύναντο.
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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