# Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις 45

Lucian, Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις, Section 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-3/45

ὃ μὲν ταῦτα ἔλεγεν. ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος ἀγανακτήσας ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλέγχῳ καὶ μὴ φέρων τοῦ ὀνείδους τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐκέλευεν τοὺς παρόντας λίθοις βάλλειν αὐτόν, ἢ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐναγεῖς ἔσεσθαι καὶ Ἐπικουρείους κληθήσεσθαι. τῶν δὲ βάλλειν ἀρξαμένων Δημόστρατός τις ἐπιδημῶν, τοῦ Πόντου πρῶτος, περιχυθεὶς ἐρρύσατο τοῦ θανάτου τὸν ἄνθρωπον μικροῦ δεῖν καταλευσθέντα, πάνυ δικαίως. τί γὰρ ἔδει μόνον φρονεῖν ἐν τοσούτοις μεμηνόσιν καὶ παραπολαῦσαι τῆς Παφλαγόνων μωρίας;

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Lucian, Ἀλέξανδρος ἢ Ψευδόμαντις, 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.tlg038.local001/.