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τοιαῦτα
πολλὰ ὑπὸ ἀπαιδευσίας ληροῦσι, τὰ μὲν ἀξιόρατα οὔτε
ὁρῶντες οὔτ᾽, εἰ βλέποιεν, κατ᾽ ἀξίαν εἰπεῖν δυνάμενοι,
ἐπινοοῦντες δὲ καὶ ἀναπλάττοντες, ὅ τι κεν ἐπ᾽ ἀκαιρίμαν
γλῶσσαν, φασίν, ἔλθῃ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ἀριθμῷ τῶν βιβλίων
ἔτι σεμνυνόμενοι, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐπιγραφαῖς:
καὶ γὰρ αὖ καὶ αὗται παγγέλοιοι: τοῦ δεῖνος Παρθικῶν
νικῶν τοσάδε: καὶ αὖ: Παρθίδος πρῶτον, δεύτερον,
ὡς Ἀτθίδος δῆλον ὅτι. ἄλλος ἀστειότερον παρὰ
πολύ — ἀνέγνων γάρ — Δημητρίου Σαγαλασσέως Παρθονικικά:
οὐδ᾽ ὡς ἐν γέλωτι ποιήσασθαι καὶ ἐπισκῶψαι
τὰς ἱστορίας οὕτω καλὰς οὔσας, ἀλλὰ τοῦ χρησίμου ἕνεκα
ὡς ὅστις ἂν ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα φεύγῃ, πολὺ μέρος
ἤδη ἐς τὸ ὀρθῶς συγγράφειν οὗτος προείληφε, μᾶλλον
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δὲ ὀλίγων ἔτι προσδεῖται, εἴ γε ἀληθὲς ἐκεῖνό φησιν ἡ
διαλεκτική, ὡς τῶν ἀμέσων ἡ θατέρου ἄρσις τὸ ἕτερον
πάντως ἀντεισάγει.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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