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ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν τούτους ὀλίγους ἀπὸ πλειόνων,
οὓς πρώτους ἡ μνήμη ὑπέβαλε, διηγησάμην σοι ἀγαθοὺς καὶ βεβαίους φίλους. καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν
ἤδη καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου σοὶ τὴν ῥήτραν παραδίδωμι: σὺ δὲ ὅπως μὴ χείρους ἐρεῖς τοὺς Σκύθας, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ τούτων ἀμείνους, αὐτῷ σοὶ μελήσει, εἴ τι καὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς πεφρόντικας, ὡς
μὴ ἀποτμηθείης αὐτήν. ἀλλὰ χρὴ ἄνδρα ἀγαθὸν εἶναι: ἐπεὶ καὶ γελοῖα ἂν πάθοις Ὀρέστην μὲν καὶ
[p. 160] Πυλάδην πάνυ σοφιστικῶς ἐπαινέσας, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς Σκυθίας φαῦλος ῥήτωρ φαινόμενος.^
Τόξαρις
εὖ γε, ὦ Μνήσιππε, ὅτι καὶ παροτρύνεις με πρὸς τὸν λόγον, ὥσπερ οὐ πάνυ σοι μέλον εἰ ἀποτμηθείης τὴν γλῶτταν κρατηθεὶς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις. πλὴν ἄρξομαί γε ἤδη, μηδὲν ὥσπερ σὺ καλλιλογησάμενος: οὐ γὰρ Σκυθικὸν τοῦτο, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν τὰ ἔργα ὑπερφθέγγηται τοὺς λόγους. προσδοκήσῃς δὲ μηδὲν τοιοῦτο παρ᾽ ἡμῶν οἷα σὺ διεξελήλυθας, ἐπαινῶν εἴ τις ἄπροικον ἔγημεν αἰσχρὰν γυναῖκα ἢ εἴ τις ἀργύριον ἐπέδωκε γαμουμένῃ φίλου ἀνδρὸς θυγατρὶ δύο τάλαντα,
ἢ καὶ νὴ Δί᾽ εἴ τις παρέσχεν ἑαυτὸν δεδησόμενον ἐπὶ προδήλῳ τῷ μικρὸν ὕστερον λυθήσεσθαι: πάνυ γὰρ εὐτελῆ ταῦτα καὶ μεγαλουργὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς
ἢ ἀνδρεῖον ἔνι οὐδέν.
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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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