# Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου 6

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Οἴκου, Section 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-12/6

τούτου δὲ τοῦ οἴκου τὸ κάλλος οὐ κατὰ βαρβαρικούς τινας ὀφθαλμοὺς οὐδὲ κατὰ Περσικὴν ἀλαζονείαν ἢ βασιλικὴν μεγαλαυχίαν οὐδὲ πένητος μόνον, ἀλλὰ εὐφυοῦς θεατοῦ δεόμενον καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ ἐν τῇ ὄψει ἡ κρίσις, ἀλλά τις καὶ λογισμὸς ἐπακολουθεῖ τοῖς βλεπομένοις. Τὸ γὰρ τῆς τε ἡμέρας πρὸς τὸ κάλλιστον ἀποβλέπειν — κάλλιστον δὴ αὐτῆς καὶ ποθεινότατον ἡ ἀρχή — καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ὑπερκύψαντα εὐθὺς ὑποδέχεσθαι καὶ τοῦ φωτὸς ἐμπίπλασθαι ἐς κόρον ἀναπεπταμένων τῶν θυρῶν [καθʼ ὃ καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ βλέποντα ἐποίουν οἱ παλαιοί], καὶ τὸ τοῦ μήκους πρὸς τὸ πλάτος καὶ ἀμφοῖν πρὸς τὸ ὕψος εὔρυθμον καὶ τῶν φωταγωγῶν τὸ ἐλεύθερον καὶ πρὸς ὥραν ἑκάστην εὖ ἔχον, πῶς οὐχ ἡδέα ταῦτα πάντα καὶ ἐπαίνων ἄξια;

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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/.