# Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου 16

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-12/16

ὅπερ ἀνάγκη, οἶμαι, παθεῖν καὶ τὸν ἐν οὕτω καλοῖς ἔργοις λόγους δεικνύοντα· λανθάνει γὰρ ἐν τῷ μεγέθει τῶν καλῶν τὸ λεχθὲν καὶ ἀμαυροῦται καὶ συναρπάζεται, καθάπερ εἰ λύχνον τις εἰς πυρκαϊὰν μεγάλην φέρων ἐμβάλλοι ἢ μύρμηκα ἐπʼ ἐλέφαντος ἢ καμήλου δεικνύοι. τοῦτό τε οὖν φυλακτέον τῷ λέγοντι, καὶ προσέτι μὴ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιταράττηται ἐν οὕτως εὐφώνῳ καὶ ἠχήεντι οἴκῳ λέγων· ἀντιφθέγγεται γὰρ καὶ ἀντιφωνεῖ καὶ ἀντιλέγει, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπικαλύπτει τὴν βοήν, οἷόν τι καὶ σάλπιγξ δρᾷ τὸν αὐλόν, εἰ συναυλοῖεν, ἢ τοὺς κελευστὰς ἡ θάλαττα, ὁπόταν πρὸς κύματος ἦχον ἐπᾴδειν τῇ εἰρεσίᾳ θέλωσιν· ἐπικρατεῖ γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοφωνία καὶ κατασιωπᾷ τὸ ἧττον.

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Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου, ed. Austin Morris Harmon. 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/tlg0062.tlg009.local001/.