# Ψευδολογιστής 11

Lucian, Ψευδολογιστής, Section 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-57/11

μᾶλλον δέ, ταῦτα μὲν μηδέπω, περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀποφράδος πρότερον. εἰπὲ γάρ μοι, πρὸς πανδήμου καὶ Γενετυλλίδων καὶ Κυβήβης, πῇ σοι μεμπτὸν καὶ γέλωτος ἄξιον τοὔνομα εἶναι ἔδοξεν ἡ ἀποφράς; νὴ Δίʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἦν τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἴδιον, ἀλλά ποθεν ἐπεισκωμάσαν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς πρὸς Κελτοὺς ἢ Θρᾷκας ἢ Σκύθας ἐπιμιξίας, σὺ δὲ — ἅπαντα γὰρ οἶσθα τὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων — ἐξέκλεισας τοῦτο εὐθὺς καὶ ἐξεκήρυξας τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ, καὶ ὁ γέλως ἐπὶ τούτῳ, ὅτι βαρβαρίζω καὶ ξενίζω καὶ ὑπερβαίνω τοὺς ὅρους τοὺς Ἀττικούς. καὶ μὴν τί ἄλλο οὕτως Ἀθηναίοις ἐπιχώριον ὡς τουτὶ τοὔνομα, φαῖεν ἂν οἵ γε σοῦ μᾶλλον τὰ τοιαῦτα εἰδότες· ὥστε θᾶττον ἂν Ἐρεχθέα καὶ τὸν Κέκροπα ξένους ἀποφήναις καὶ ἐπήλυδας τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ἢ τὴν ἀποφράδα δείξειας οὐκ οἰκείαν καὶ αὐτόχθονα τῆς Ἀττικῆς.

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Lucian, Ψευδολογιστής, 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.tlg049.local001/.