# Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων 25

Lucian, Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων, Section 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-34/25

ὁρᾷς, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ὡς οὐ μάτην οὐδὲ περὶ μικρῶν κάμνω πολίτης ἐπιθυμῶν γενέσθαι καὶ αὐτὸς οὕτω καλῆς καὶ εὐδαίμονος πόλεως; καὶ γὰρ αὐτός, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, τῶν αὐτῶν σοι ἐρῶ καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ τι ἄν μοι πρὸ τούτων εὐξαίμην γενέσθαι. εἰ μὲν οὖν πλησίον ἦν ἡ πόλις καὶ φανερὰ ἰδεῖν ἅπασι, πάλαι ἄν, εὖ ἴσθι, μηδὲν ἐνδοιάσας αὐτὸς ᾔειν ἐς αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπολιτευόμην ἂν ἐκ πολλοῦ, ἐπεὶ δέ, ὡς ὑμεῖς φατε, σύ τε καὶ Ἡσίοδος ὁ ῥαψῳδός, πάνυ πόρρω ἀπῴκισται, ἀνάγκη ζητεῖν ὁδόν τε τὴν ἄγουσαν ἐπʼ αὐτὴν καὶ ἡγεμόνα τὸν ἄριστον. ἢ οὐκ οἴει σὺ χρῆναι οὕτω ποιεῖν; καὶ πῶς ἂν ἄλλως ἔλθοι τις; οὐκοῦν ὅσον μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ ὑπισχνεῖσθαι καὶ φάσκειν εἰδέναι πολλὴ ἀφθονία τῶν ἡγησομένων· πολλοὶ γὰρ ἕτοιμοι παρεστᾶσιν, αὐτόχθονες ἐκεῖθεν ἕκαστος εἶναι λέγοντες. ὁδός γε μὴν οὐ μία καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ φαίνεται, ἀλλὰ πολλαὶ καὶ διάφοροι καὶ οὐδὲν ἀλλήλαις ὅμοιαι· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἕω φέρειν ἔοικεν, ἡ δέ τις ἐπὶ τὰς ἄρκτους, καὶ ἄλλη εὐθὺ τῆς μεσημβρίας, καὶ ἡ μὲν διὰ λειμώνων καὶ φυτῶν καὶ σκιᾶς εὔυδρος καὶ ἡδεῖα οὐδὲν ἀντίτυπον ἢ δύσβατον ἔχουσα, ἡ δὲ πετρώδης καὶ τραχεῖα πολὺν ἥλιον καὶ δίψος καὶ κάματον προφαίνουσα· καὶ ὅμως αὗται πᾶσαι πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ἄγειν λέγονται μίαν οὖσαν ἐς τὰ ἐναντιώτατα τελευτῶσαι.

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Lucian, Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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.tlg063.local001/.