# Φάλαρις 2.12

Lucian, Φάλαρις, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-50/2.12

τίνος οὖν ἕνεκα μὴ ὡς ἀεὶ μηδὲ ὡς πάλαι τὰ περὶ τῶν ἀναθημάτων ποιήσωμεν; ἢ τί μεμφόμενοι τοῖς παλαιοῖς ἔθεσιν καινοτομήσωμεν; καὶ ὃ μηδὲ πώποτε, ἀφʼ οὗ τὴν πόλιν οἰκοῦμεν καὶ ὁ Πύθιος χρᾷ καὶ ὁ τρίπους φθέγγεται καὶ ἡ ἱέρεια ἐμπνεῖται, γεγένηται παρʼ ἡμῖν, νῦν καταστησώμεθα, κρίνεσθαι καὶ ἐξετάζεσθαι τοὺς ἀνατιθέντας; καὶ μὴν ἐξ ἐκείνου μὲν τοῦ παλαιοῦ ἔθους, τοῦ ἀνέδην καὶ πᾶσιν ἐξεῖναι, ὁρᾶτε ὅσων ἀγαθῶν ἐμπέπλησται τὸ ἱερόν, ἁπάντων ἀνατιθέντων καὶ ὑπὲρ τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν δύναμιν ἐνίων δωρουμένων τὸν θεόν.

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Lucian of Samosata, Φάλαρις, 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.tlg001.local001/.