# Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική 38

Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική, Section 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-16/38

καὶ μέντοι εἰ ἔστιν εὔδαιμον τὸ μὴ πεινῆν μηδὲ διψῆν μηδὲ ῥιγοῦν, ταῦτα οὐδενὶ ἄλλῳ ὑπάρχει ἢ παρασίτῳ. ὥστε φιλοσόφους μὲν ἄν τις πολλοὺς καὶ ῥιγοῦντας καὶ πεινῶντας εὕροι, παράσιτον δὲ οὔ· ἢ οὐκ ἂν εἴη παράσιτος, ἀλλὰ δυστυχής τις καὶ πτωχὸς ἄνθρωπος καὶ φιλοσόφῳ ὅμοιος.

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Lucian, Περὶ τοῦ Παρασίτου ὅτι Τέχνη ἡ Παρασιτική, 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.tlg030.local001/.