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τὸ φιλοκίνδυνον δέ, ὦ πάτερ, οὐκ ἐπαινεῖς
καὶ τὸ ἐν Ὀξυδράκαις πρῶτον καθαλέσθαι ἐντὸς τοῦ
τείχους καὶ τοσαῦτα λαβεῖν τραύματα;
φιλόσοφος
οὐκ ἐπαινῶ τοῦτο, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, οὐχ ὅτι μὴ
καλὸν οἴομαι εἶναι καὶ τιτρώσκεσθαί ποτε τον βασιλέα
καὶ προκινδυνεύειν τοῦ στρατοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι σοι τὸ τοιοῦτον
ἥκιστα συνέφερε: θεὸς γὰρ εἶναι δοκῶν εἴ ποτε τρωθείης,
καὶ βλέποιέν σε φοράδην τοῦ πολέμου ἐκκομιζόμενον,
αἵματι ῥεόμενον, οἰμώζοντα ἐπὶ τῷ τραύματι,
ταῦτα γέλως ἦν τοῖς ὁρῶσιν, ᾗ καὶ ὁ Ἄμμων γόης καὶ
ψευδόμαντις ἠλέγχετο καὶ οἱ προφῆται κόλακες. ἢ τίς
οὐκ ἂν ἐγέλασεν ὁρῶν τὸν τοῦ Διὸς υἱὸν λειποψυχοῦντα,
δεόμενον τῶν ἰατρῶν βοηθεῖν; νῦν μὲν γὰρ ὁπότε
ἤδη τέθνηκας, οὐκ οἴει πολλοὺς εἶναι τοὺς τὴν προσποίησιν
ἐκείνην ἐπικερτομοῦντας, ὁρῶντας τὸν νεκρὸν τοῦ
θεοῦ ἐκτάδην κείμενον, μυδῶντα ἤδη καὶ ἐξῳδηκότα
κατὰ νόμον σωμάτων ἁπάντων; ἄλλως τε καὶ τοῦτο, ὃ
χρήσιμον ἔφης, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, τὸ διὰ τοῦτο κρατεῖν ῥᾳδίως,
πολὺ τῆς δόξης ἀφῄρει τῶν κατορθουμένων: πᾶν
γὰρ ἐδόκει ἐνδεὲς ὑπὸ θεοῦ γίγνεσθαι δοκοῦν.
Ἀλέξανδρος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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