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ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἁπλῶς ἂν εἶχον εἰπεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς
τέχνης, εἰ καὶ σοῦ διδαξαμένου με καὶ πολλὰ ἐπιμεληθέντος καὶ ἀναλώσαντος ὡς μάθοιμι πρὸς
μίαν ὅμως θεραπείαν ταύτην, δυνατὴν οὖσαν, ἀντέλεγον. νυνὶ δὲ κἀκεῖνο ἐννόησον, ὡς παντάπασιν ἄγνωμον ποιεῖς οὐκ ἐῶν με χρῆσθαι μετ᾽
ἐλευθερίας ἐμῷ κτήματι. ταύτην ἐγὼ τὴν
τέχνην οὐχ υἱὸς ὢν σὸς ἐξέμαθον οὐδὲ τῷ σῷ νόμῳ
ὑποκείμενος, καὶ ὅμως αὐτὴν μεμάθηκά σοι — καὶ
πρῶτος αὐτῆς ἀπολέλαυκας — οὐδὲν παρὰ σοῦ πρὸς
τὸ μαθεῖν ἔχων. τίνα διδάσκαλον ἐμισθώσω ; τίνα φαρμάκων παρασκευήν ; οὐδ᾽ ἡντιναοῦν ἀλλὰ πενόμενος ἐγὼ καὶ τῶν ἀναγκαίων
ἀπορούμενος καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν διδασκάλων ἐλεούμενος
ἐπαιδευόμην, καί μοι τοιαῦτα παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς
ἦν πρὸς τὸ μαθεῖν ἐφόδια, λύπη καὶ ἐρημία καὶ ἀπορία καὶ μῖσος οἰκείων καὶ ἀποστροφὴ συγγενῶν. ἀντὶ τούτων τοίνυν χρῆσθαί μου τῇ τέχνῃ ἀξιοῖς καὶ δεσπότης εἶναι θέλεις τῶν ὅτ᾽ ' οὐκ ἦσθα
δεσπότης πεπορισμένων; ἀγάπα εἲ τί σε καὶ πρότερον ἑκὼν οὐ προοφείλων εὐ ἐποίησα, μηδεμίαν μηδὲ τότε ^ χάριν ἀπαιτεῖσθαι δυνάμενος.
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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