# Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου 25

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-12/25

ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις ὁ Περσεὺς πάλιν τὰ πρὸ τοῦ κήτους ἐκεῖνα τολμῶν καὶ ἡ Μέδουσα τεμνομένη τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ σκέπουσα τὸν Περσέα· ὁ δὲ τὴν μὲν τόλμαν εἴργασται, τὸ δὲ ἔργον οὐχ ἑώρακεν, πλὴν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος τῆς Γοργόνος τὴν εἰκόνα· οἶδε γὰρ τὸ πρόστιμον τῆς ἀληθοῦς ὄψεως.

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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/.