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[5]
ἄκουε δή, ὦ θαυμάσιε, καὶ σκόπει καθ᾽ ὅσον ἡμεῖς οἱ βάρβαροι εὐγνωμονέστερον ὑμῶν περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν κρίνομεν, εἴ γε ἐν Ἄργει μὲν
καὶ Μυκήναις οὐδὲ τάφον ἔνδοξον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν
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Ὀρέστου ἢ Πυλάδου, παρ᾽ ἡμῖν δὲ καὶ νεὼς ἀποδέδεικται αὐτοῖς ἅμα ἀμφοτέροις, ὥσπερ εἰκὸς
ἦν, ἑταίροις γε οὖσι, καὶ θυσίαι προσάγονται καὶ
ἡ ἄλλη τιμὴ ἅπασα, κωλύει τε οὐδὲν ὅτι ξένοι
ἦσαν ἀλλὰ μὴ Σκύθαι ἀγαθοὺς κεκρίσθαι καὶ ὑπὸ Σκυθῶν τῶν ἀρίστων θεραπεύεσθαι οὐ
γὰρ ἐξετάζομεν ὅθεν οἱ καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοὶ εἰσιν, οὐδὲ φθονοῦμεν εἰ μὴ φίλοι ὄντες ἀγαθὰ
εἰργάσαντο, ἐπαινοῦντες δὲ ἃ ἔπραξαν, οἰκείους αὐτοὺς
ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ποιούμεθα.
ὁ δὲ δὴ μάλιστα καταπλαγέντες τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων ἐπαινοῦμεν τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὅτι ἡμῖν ἔδοξαν φίλοι οὗτοι δὴ ἄριστοι ἁπάντων γεγενῆσθαι καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις νομοθέται καταστῆναι ὡς χρὴ τοῖς
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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