# Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους 20

Pseudo-Lucian, Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους, Section 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-3/20

Οὕτω τὸ τοῦ κάλλους χρῆμα ἀνθρώποις τε θεῖον εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ τιμώμενον ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ θεοῖς ἐσπούδασται πολλαχόσε. διὸ δὴ καὶ ἡμῖν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι τις μέμφεσθαι δικαίως προὔργου λογισαμένοις τὸ ταῦτα περὶ κάλλους διεξελθεῖν. οὕτω μὲν δὴ καὶ Ἀρίστιππος διῆλθε τὸν λογον.

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Pseudo-Lucian, Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους, ed. Karl Jacobitz. 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/tlg0061.tlg008.local001/.