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καὶ πρῶτόν γε ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἄρξομαι καθ᾽
ὃν οὗτός με ἀποκηρῦξαι βούλεται, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇ οὐκέθ᾽
ὁμοίαν οὖσαν αὐτῷ νῦν τε καὶ πρότερον τὴν ἐξουσίαν. οὐ γὰρ ἅπασιν, ὦ πάτερ, ὁ νομοθέτης οὐδὲ πάντας υἱέας οὐδὲ ὁσάκις ἂν ἐθέλωσιν ἀποκηρύττειν συγκεχώρηκεν οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ πάσαις
αἰτίαις, ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ τοῖς πατράσιν τὰ τηλικαῦτα ὀργίζεσθαι ἐφῆκεν, οὕτω καὶ τῶν παίδων
προὐνόησεν, ὡς μὴ ἀδίκως αὐτὸ πάσχωσιν καὶ διὰ
τοῦτο οὐκ ἐλευθέραν ἐφῆκε γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲ ἄκριτον
τὴν τιμωρίαν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐς δικαστήριον ἐκάλεσε καὶ δοκιμαστὰς ἐκάθισε τοὺς μήτε πρὸς ὀργὴν μήτε διαβολὴν ^ τὸ δίκαιον κρινοῦντας. ᾔδει γὰρ πολλοῖς πολλάκις ἀλόγους αἰτίας ὀργῆς παρισταμένας,
καὶ τὸν μὲν ψευδεῖ τινι διαβολῇ πειθόμενον,
τὸν δὲ οἰκέτῃ πιστεύοντα ἢ γυναίῳ ἐχθρῷ. οὔκουν
ἡγεῖτο ἀδίκαστον γίγνεσθαι τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐδ᾽ ἐξ
ἐρήμης τοὺς παῖδας εὐθὺς ἁλίσκεσθαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ
ὕδωρ ἐγχεῖται καὶ λόγος ἀποδίδοται καὶ ἀνεξέταστον οὐδὲν καταλείπεται.
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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