# Ψευδολογιστής 7

Lucian, Ψευδολογιστής, Section 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-57/7

ἐν δὲ τούτοις ἅπασι καὶ ὁ τὸν λόγον τόνδε συγγράψας ἦν ἐν τοῖς γελῶσι καὶ αὐτός. τί δʼ οὐκ ἔμελλεν γελᾶν ἐφʼ οὕτω περιφανεῖ καὶ ἀπιθάνῳ καὶ ἀναισχύντῳ τολμήματι; καί πως (ἔστιν δὲ ἀκρατὴς γέλωτος) ὁ μὲν τὴν φωνὴν ἐντρέψας ἐς μέλος, ὡς ᾤετο, θρῆνόν τινα ἐπηύλει τῷ Πυθαγόρᾳ, ὁ δέ, τοῦτο δὴ τὸ τοῦ λόγου, ὄνον κιθαρίζειν πειρώμενον ὁρῶν ἀνεκάγχασε μάλα ἡδύ, ὁ ποιητὴς οὗτος ὁ ἐμός· ὁ δὲ εἶδεν ἐπιστραφείς. τοῦτο ἐξεπολέμωσεν αὐτούς, τό τε ἔναγχος ἐνθένδε.

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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/.