# Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos ἈΠΟΜΑΤΤΩΝ

Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Letter a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/harpocration-valerius/lexicon-in-decem-oratores-atticos/%E1%BC%88%CE%A0%CE%9F%CE%9C%CE%91%CE%A4%CE%A4%CE%A9%CE%9D

Δημοσθένης ἐν τῷ ὑπὲρ Κτησιφῶντος. οἱ μὲν ἁπλοϊκώτερον ἀκούουσιν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποψῶν καὶ ἀπολυμαινόμενος, ἄλλοι δὲ περιεργότερον, οἷον περιπλάττων τὸν πηλὸν καὶ τὰ πίτυρα τοῖς τελουμένοις, ὡς λέγομεν ἀπομάττεσθαι τὸν ἀνδριάντα πηλῷ· ἤλειφον γὰρ τῷ πηλῷ καὶ τῷ πιτύρῳ τοὺς μυουμένους, ἐκμιμούμενοι τὰ μυθολογούμενα παρ’ ἐνίοις, ὡς ἄρα οἱ Τιτᾶνες τὸν Διόνυσον ἐλυμήναντο γύψῳ καταπλασάμενοι ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ γνώριμοι γενέσθαι. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν τὸ ἔθος ἐκλιπεῖν, πηλῷ δὲ ὕστερον καταπλάττεσθαι νομίμου χάριν. Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Αἰχμαλωτίσι στρατοῦ καθαρτὴς κἀπομαγμάτων ἴδρις, καὶ πάλιν δεινότατος ἀπομάκτης τε μεγάλων συμφορῶν.

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Harpocration, Valerius, Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1389.tlg001.local001/.