# Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου 18

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-12/18

ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν ὅτι καὶ οἱ παρόντες αὐτοὶ καὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀκρόασιν παρειλημμένοι ἐπειδὰν εἰς τοιοῦτον οἶκον παρέλθωσιν, ἀντὶ ἀκροατῶν θεαταὶ καθίστανται, καὶ οὐχ οὕτω Δημόδοκος ἢ Φήμιος ἢ Θάμυρις ἢ Ἀμφίων ἢ Ὀρφεύς τις λέγων ἐστίν, ὥστε ἀποσπάσαι τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς θέας· ἀλλʼ οὖν ἕκαστος, ἐπειδὰν μόνον ὑπερβῇ τὸν οὐδόν, ἀθρόῳ τῷ κάλλει περιχυθεὶς λόγων μὲν ἐκείνων ἢ ἀκροάσεως ἄλλης οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀΐοντι ἔοικεν, ὅλος δὲ πρὸς τοῖς ὁρωμένοις ἐστίν, εἰ μὴ τύχοι τις παντελῶς τυφλὸς ὢν ἢ ἐν νυκτὶ ὥσπερ ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴ ποιοῖτο τὴν ἀκρόασιν.

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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/.