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Σκύθης ἢ πρόξενος. ed. Kenneth Kilburn. Lucian with an English Translation, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1959. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg063.local002","excerpt":"ΛΥΚΙΝΟΣ Ὅσον, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, τῷ βιβλίῳ καὶ τῇ τοῦ βαδίσματος σπουδῇ τεκμήρασθαι, παρὰ τὸν διδάσκαλον ἐπειγομένῳ ἔοικας. ἐνενόεις γοῦν τι μεταξὺ προϊὼν καὶ τὰ χείλη διεσάλευες ἠρέμα ὑποτονθορύζων καὶ τὸν χεῖρα ὧδε κἀκεῖσε μετέφερες ὥσπερ τινὰ ῥῆσιν ἐπὶ ἑαυτοῦ διατιθέμενος, ἐρώτημα δή τι τῶν ἀγκύλων συντιθεὶς ἢ σκέμμα σοφιστικόν ἀναφροντίζων, ὡς μηδὲ ὁδῷ βαδίζων σχολὴν ἄγοις, ἀλλ’ ἐνεργὸς εἴης ἀεὶ σπουδαῖόν τι πράττων καὶ ὃ πρὸ ὁδοῦ σοι γένοιτ' ἂν ἐς τὰ μαθήματα. ΕΡΜΟΤΙΜΟΣ Νὴ Δί', ὦ Λυκῖνε, τοιοῦτό τι· τὴν γὰρ χθιζὴν συνουσίαν καὶ ἃ εἶπε πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἀνεπεμπαζόμην ἐπιὼν τῇ μνήμῃ ἕκαστα. χρὴ δὲ μηδένα καιρὸν οἶμαι παριέναι εἰδότας ἀληθὲς ὂν τὸ ὑπὸ τοῦ Κῴου ἱατροῦ εἰρημένον, ὡς ἄρα “βραχὺς μὲν ὁ βίος, μακρὴ δὲ ἡ τέχνη.” καίτοι ἐκεῖνος ἰατρικῆς πέρι ταῦτ' ἔλεγεν, εὐμαθεστέρου πράγματος· φιλοσοφία δὲ καὶ μακρῷ τῷ χρόνῳ ἀνέφικτος, ἢν μὴ πάνυ τις ἐγρηγορὼς ἀτενὲς ἀεὶ καὶ γοργὸν ἀποβλέπῃ ἐς αὐτήν,…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg063.local002/#tlg0062-tlg063-local002-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg063.local002/#tlg0062-tlg063-local002-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg063.local002/#tlg0062-tlg063-local002-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0062.tlg063.local002/#tlg0062-tlg063-local002-4"},{"label":"§ 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