# Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων 8

Lucian, Ἑρμότιμος ἢ Περὶ Αἱρέσεων, Section 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-34/8

νὴ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, ὦ Ἑρμότιμε, τὸν ἐν Οἴτῃ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ εὐδαίμονα λέγεις περὶ αὐτῶν. πλὴν ἀλλὰ τόδε μοι εἰπέ, καὶ κατέρχονταί ποτε ἐκ τῆς ἄκρας, ἢν ἐθελήσωσι, χρησόμενοι τοῖς κάτω ἃ καταλελοίπασιν, ἢ ἀνάγκη ἅπαξ ἀνελθόντας αὐτοὺς μένειν καὶ συνεῖναι τῇ ἀρετῇ πλούτου καὶ δόξης καὶ ἡδονῶν καταγελῶντας; οὐ μόνον τοῦτο, ὦ Λυκῖνε, ἀλλʼ ὃς ἂν ἀποτελεσθῇ πρὸς ἀρετήν, οὔτε ὀργῇ οὔτε φόβῳ οὔτʼ ἐπιθυμίαις ὁ τοιοῦτος ἂν δουλεύοι, οὐδὲ λυποῖτο, οὐδὲ ὅλως πάθος ἔτι τοιοῦτον πάθοι ἄν. καὶ μὴν εἴ γέ με δεῖ μηδὲν ὀκνήσαντα εἰπεῖν τἀληθές — ἀλλʼ εὐφημεῖν χρή, οἶμαι, μηδὲ ὅσιον εἶναι ἐξετάζειν τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν σοφῶν γιγνόμενα. μηδαμῶς, ἀλλʼ εἰπὲ ὅ τι καὶ λέγεις. ὅρα, ὦ ἑταῖρε, ὡς ἔγωγε καὶ πάνυ ὀκνῶ. ἀλλὰ μὴ ὄκνει, ὦ γενναῖε, πρός γε μόνον ἐμὲ λέγων.

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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/.