# Δραπέται 15

Lucian, Δραπέται, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-30/15

καὶ γὰρ αὖ κἀκεῖνο ἑώρων, οἶμαι, ὡς ἐξ ἴσου καταστήσονται τοῖς ὀρθῶς φιλοσοφοῦσιν, οὐδέ τις ὁ δικάσων καὶ διακρινῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔσται, ἢν μόνον τὰ ἔξω ᾖ ὅμοια. ἀρχὴν γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸν ἔλεγχον δέχονται, ἢν ἔρηταί τις οὑτωσὶ κοσμίως καὶ κατὰ βραχύ, ἀλλʼ εὐθὺς βοῶσιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀναφεύγουσι, τὴν λοιδορίαν, καὶ πρόχειρον τὸ ξύλον. καὶ ἢν μὲν τὰ ἔργα ζητῇς, οἱ λόγοι πολλοί, ἢν δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων κρίνειν ἐθέλῃς, τὸν βίον ἀξιοῦσι σκοπεῖν.

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Lucian, Δραπέται, 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.
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