# Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους 24

Pseudo-Lucian, Χαρίδημος ἢ Περὶ Κάλλους, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-3/24

καὶ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἀγαθῶν, ὧν ἂν ἐνδεεῖς ὦμεν, οὐ περαιτέρω σπουδάζομεν τοῦ τυχεῖν, κάλλους δ’ ἡμῖν οὐδεὶς οὐδεπώποτε γέγονε κορος, ἀλλ’ ἐάν τε τὸν Ἀγλαΐης, τὸν εἰς Ἴλιόν ποτε συναναβάντα τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς. ἐάν θ’ Ὑάκινθον τὸν καλὸν ἢ τὸν Λακεδαιμόνιον Νάρκισσον κάλλει νικῶμεν, οὐκ ἀρχεῖν ἡμῖν δοκοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ δεδοίκαμεν μὴ λάθωμεν τοῖς ἐπιγιγνομένοις ἂν καταλιπόντες ὑπερβολήν.

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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/.