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δι᾽ ἅς μὲν οὖν αἰτίας καὶ πρότερον ἀπεκήρυξέ με ῥᾴδιον συνιδεῖν ἐκ τῶν παρόντων. ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνας μέν, ὡς οἴομαι, ἱκανῶς τῷ μετὰ
[p. 480] ταῦτα βίῳ ἀπελογησάμην, καὶ ταυτὶ δὲ ἃ νῦν ἐγκαλεῖ ὡς ἂν οἷός τε ὦ ἀπολύσομαι, μικρὰ ὑμῖν διηγησάμενος τῶν ἐμῶν.
ὁ γὰρ δυσάγωγος καὶ δυσπειθὴς ἐγώ, ὁ καταισχύνων τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἀνάξια πράττων τοῦ γένους, τότε μὲν αὐτῷ τὰ πολλὰ ἐκεῖνα βοῶντι καὶ διατεινομένῳ ὀλίγα χρῆναι ἀντιλέγειν ᾠόμην.
ἀπελθὼν δὲ τῆς οἰκίας ἐνόμιζόν μοι δικαστήριον ἔσεσθαι μέγα καὶ ψῆφον ἀληθῆ τὸν μετὰ ταῦτα βίον καὶ τὸ φαίνεσθαι πάμπολυ τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐγκλημάτων ἐκείνων ἀφεστηκότα καὶ περὶ τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ἐσπουδακότα καὶ τοῖς ἀρίστοις συνόντα. προεωρώμην δὲ καὶ τοιοῦτό τι
καὶ ὑπώπτευον ἤδη ὡς οὐ σφόδρα καθεστηκότος
πατρὸς ἀδίκως ὀργίζεσθαι καὶ ἐγκλήματα ψευδῆ καθ᾽ υἱοῦ συντιθέναι: καὶ ἦσάν τινες οἱ μανίας ἀρχὴν
ταῦτα εἶναι νομίζοντες καὶ ἀπειλὴν καὶ ἀκροβολισμὸν οὐκ ἐς μακρὰν ἐπιπεσουμένου τοῦ κακοῦ, μῖσος ἄλογον καὶ νόμον ἀπηνῆ καὶ βλασφημίας προχείρους καὶ δικαστήριον σκυθρωπὸν καὶ βοὴν
καὶ ὀργὴν καὶ ὅλως χολῆς μεστὰ πάντα. διὸ δὴ τάχα μοι καὶ ἰατρικῆς δεήσειν ποτὲ προσεδόκων.
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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