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ὥστ᾽ οὐδὲ τυγχάνουσιν οὗ μάλιστα ἐφίενται:
οἱ γὰρ ἐπαινούμενοι πρὸς αὐτῶν μισοῦσι μᾶλλον
καὶ ἀποστρέφονται ὡς κόλακας, εὖ ποιοῦντες, καὶ μάλιστα
ἢν ἀνδρώδεις τὰς γνώμας ὦσιν: ὥσπερ Ἀριστόβουλος
μονομαχίαν γράψας Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Πώρου, καὶ
ἀναγνόντος αὐτῷ τοῦτο μάλιστα τὸ χωρίον τῆς γραφῆς
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— ᾤετο γὰρ χαριεῖσθαι τὰ μέγιστα τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπιψευδομενος
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ἀριστείας τινὰς αὐτῷ καὶ ἀναπλάττων ἔργα μείζω
τῆς ἀληθείας — λαβὼν ἐκεῖνος τὸ βιβλίον — πλέοντες δὲ
ἐτύγχανον ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ Ὑδάσπῃ — ἔρριψεν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν
ἐς τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπειπών, Καὶ σὲ δὲ οὕτως ἐχρῆν, ὦ
Ἀριστόβουλε, τοιαῦτα ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ μονομαχοῦντα καὶ ἐλέφαντας
ἑνὶ ἀκοντίῳ φονεύοντα. καὶ ἔμελλέ γε οὕτως
ἀγανακτήσειν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος, ὅς γε οὐδὲ τὴν τοῦ ἀρχιτέκτονος
τόλμαν ἠνέσχετο, ὑποσχομένου τὸν Ἄθω εἰκόνα
ποιήσειν αὐτοῦ καὶ μετακοσμήσειν τὸ ὄρος εἰς ὁμοιότητα
τοῦ βασιλέως, ἀλλὰ κόλακα εὐθὺς ἐπιγνοὺς τὸν ἄνθρωπον
οὐκέτ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐς τὰ ἄλλα ὁμοίως ἐχρῆτο.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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