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καὶ σὺ δὴ μυθοποιοῦ τινος ἀκούσας
ὡς ἔστι τις γυνὴ ὑπερφυὴς τὸ κάλλος, ὑπὲρ τὰς Χάριτας
αὐτὰς ἢ τὴν Οὐρανίαν εἶναι, μὴ πρότερον ἐξετάσας εἰ
ἀληθῆ λέγει καὶ εἰ ἔστι που τῆς γῆς ἡ ἄνθρωπος αὕτη,
ἤρας εὐθύς, ὥσπερ φασὶ τὴν Μήδειαν ἐξ ὀνείρατος ἐρασθῆναι
τοῦ Ἰάσονος. ὃ δὲ δὴ μάλιστά σε πρὸς τὸν ἔρωτα
ἐπηγαγετο καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δέ, ὁπόσοι τοῦ αὐτοῦ σοι εἰδώλου
ἐρῶσι, τοῦτο ἦν, ὥς γέ μοι εἰκάζοντι φαίνεται,
τὸ τὸν λέγοντα ἐκεῖνον περὶ τῆς γυναικός, ἐπείπερ ἐπιστεύθη
τὸ πρῶτον ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγει, ἀκόλουθα ἐπάγειν:
εις τοῦτο γὰρ ἑωρᾶτε μόνον, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἷλκεν ὑμᾶς
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τῆς ῥινός, ἐπείπερ ἅπαξ τὴν πρώτην λαβὴν ἐνεδώκατε
αὐτῷ, καὶ ἦγεν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀγαπωμένην δι᾽ ἧς ἔλεγεν εὐθείας
ὁδοῦ: ῥᾴδια γάρ, οἶμαι, τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ οὐδεὶς
ὑμῶν ἔτι ἐπιστρεφόμενος εἰς τὴν εἴσοδον ἐξήταζεν εἰ
ἀληθής ἐστι καὶ εἰ μὴ ἔλαθε καθ᾽ ἣν οὐκ ἐχρῆν εἰσελθών,
ἀλλ᾽ ἠκολούθει τοῖς τῶν προωδευκότων ἴχνεσι, καθάπερ
τὰ πρόβατα πρὸς τὸν ἡγούμενον, δέον ἐπὶ τῇ εἰσόδῳ καὶ
κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν εὐθὺς σκέψασθαι, εἴπερ εἰσιτητέον.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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