# Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι 26

Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, Section 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-65/26

ταῦτά σοι ἀπὸ πολλῶν ὀλίγα παρεθέμην, ὅπως μάθῃς οἷον ἄνδρα παραλιπὼν Δίφιλον ἑστιᾷς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῷ παραδέδωκας, εἰκότως· ἡδὺς γάρ ἐστι τῷ μειρακίῳ καὶ πρὸς χάριν αὐτῷ σύνεστιν. εἰ δὲ μὴ αἰσχρὸν ἦν ἐμὲ λέγειν τὰ τοιαῦτα, κἄν τι προσέθηκα, ὅπερ σύ, εἰ θέλεις, παρὰ Ζωπύρου τοῦ παιδαγωγοῦ ἂν μάθοις ἀληθὲς ὄν. ἀλλʼ οὐ χρὴ ταράττειν ἐν γάμοις οὐδὲ διαβάλλειν ἄλλους, καὶ μάλιστα ἐφʼ οὕτως αἰσχραῖς αἰτίαις· καὶ γὰρ εἰ Δίφιλος ἄξιος δύο ἤδη μαθητάς μου περισπάσας, ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε φιλοσοφίας αὐτῆς ἕνεκεν σιωπήσομαι.

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Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, 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.tlg015.local001/.