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The Works of the Emperor Julian, London, William Heinemann, 1913. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg007.local001","excerpt":"Ἦ πολλὰ γίνεται ἐν μακρῷ χρόνῳ· τοῦτο ἐκ τῆς κωμῳδίας ἀκηκοότι μοι πρῴην ἐπῆλθεν ἐκβοῆσαι, ὁπηνίκα παρακληθέντες ἠκροώμεθα κυνὸς οὔτι τορὸν οὐδὲ γενναῖον ὑλακτοῦντος, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ αἱ τίτθαι μύθους ᾄδοντος καὶ οὐδὲ τούτους ὑγιῶς διατιθεμένου. παραχρῆμα μὲν οὖν ἐπῆλθέ μοι διαναστάντι διαλῦσαι τὸν σύλλογον· ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐχρῆν ὥσπερ ἐν θεάτρῳ κωμῳδουμένων Ἡρακλέους καὶ Διονύσου παρὰ τῶν κωμῳδῶν ἀκούειν, οὐ τοῦ λέγοντος, ἀλλὰ τῶν συνειλεγμένων χάριν ὑπέμεινα, μάλλον δέ, εἰ χρή τι καὶ νεανικώτερον εἰπεῖν, ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ἕνεκα καὶ τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν ὑπὸ δεισιδαιμονίας μᾶλλον ἢ διανοίας εὐσεβοῦς καὶ λελογισμένης, ὥσπερ αἱ πελειάδες, ὑπὸ τῶν ῥηματίων σοβηθεὶς ἀναπτῆναι. ἔμενον δὲ ἐκεῖνο πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν εἰπὼν Τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη, καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ’ ἔτλης, ἀνάσχου καὶ κυνὸς ληροῦντος ὀλίγον ἡμέρας μόριον, οὐ πρῶτον ἀκούεις τῶν θεῶν βλασφημουμένων, οὐχ οὕτω τὰ κοινὰ πράττομεν καλῶς, οὐχ οὕτω τῶν ἰδίων ἕνεκα…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-21"},{"label":"§ 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-22"},{"label":"§ 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-23"},{"label":"§ 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-24"},{"label":"§ 25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/#tlg2003-tlg007-local001-25"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2003.tlg007.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2003/tlg007/local001.json.gz"}}