# Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι 28

Lucian, Συμπόσιον ἢ Λαπίθαι, Section 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/lucian/text-65/28

τούτων, ὦ ἑταῖρε, ἀναγινωσκομένων μεταξὺ ἱδρώς τέ μοι περιεχεῖτο ὑπʼ αἰδοῦς, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ τοῦ λόγου, χανεῖν μοι τὴν γῆν ηὐχόμην ὁρῶν τοὺς παρόντας γελῶντας ἐφʼ ἑκάστῳ καὶ μάλιστα ὅσοι ᾔδεσαν τὸν Ἑτοιμοκλέα, πολιὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ σεμνὸν εἶναι δοκοῦντα. ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἷος ὢν διαλάθοι αὐτοὺς ἐξαπατωμένους τῷ πώγωνι καὶ τῇ τοῦ προσώπου ἐντάσει. ὁ γὰρ Ἀρισταίνετος ἐδόκει μοι οὐκ ἀμελείᾳ παριδεῖν αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ οὔποτʼ ἂν ἐλπίσας κληθέντα ἐπινεῦσαι οὐδ’ ἂν ἐμπαρασχεῖν ἑαυτὸν τοιούτῳ τινί· ὥστε οὐδὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν πειρᾶσθαι ἠξίου.

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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/.