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Εἰκόνες. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Lucian, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1925. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039.local001","excerpt":"Λυκῖνος ἀλλʼ ἦ τοιοῦτόν τι ἔπασχον οἱ τὴν Γοργὼ ἰδόντες οἷον ἐγὼ ἔναγχος ἔπαθον, ὦ Πολύστρατε, παγκάλην τινὰ γυναῖκα ἰδών· αὐτὸ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ μύθου ἐκεῖνο, μικροῦ δέω λίθος ἐξ ἀνθρώπου σοι γεγονέναι πεπηγὼς ὑπὸ τοῦ θαύματος. Πολύστρατος Ἡράκλεις, ὑπερφυές τι τὸ θέαμα φὴς καὶ δεινῶς βίαιον, εἴ γε καὶ Λυκῖνον ἐξέπληξε γυνή τις οὖσα· σὺ γὰρ ὑπὸ μὲν τῶν μειρακίων καὶ πάνυ ῥᾳδίως αὐτὸ πάσχεις, ὥστε θᾶττον ἄν τις ὅλον τὸν Σίπυλον μετακινήσειεν ἢ σὲ τῶν καλῶν ἀπάγοι μὴ οὐχὶ παρεστάναι αὐτοῖς κεχηνότα καὶ ἐπιδακρύοντά γε πολλάκις ὥσπερ ἐκείνην αὐτὴν τὴν τοῦ Ταντάλου. ἀτὰρ εἰπέ μοι, τίς ἡ λιθοποιὸς αὕτη Μέδουσα ἡμῖν ἐστιν καὶ πόθεν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἴδοιμεν· οὐ γάρ, οἶμαι, φθονήσεις ἡμῖν τῆς θέας οὐδὲ ζηλοτυπήσεις, εἰ μέλλοιμεν πλησίον που καὶ αὐτοὶ παραπεπηγέναι σοι ἰδόντες. Λυκῖνος καὶ μὴν εὖ εἰδέναι χρή σε, ὡς κἂν ἐκ περιωπῆς μόνον ἀπίδῃς εἰς αὐτήν, ἀχανῆ σε καὶ τῶν ἀνδριάντων ἀκινητότερον…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-21"},{"label":"§ 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-22"},{"label":"§ 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/#tlg0062-tlg039-local001-23"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0062.tlg039.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062/tlg039/local001.json.gz"}}