# Φιλόπατρις ἢ Διδασκόμενος 10

Pseudo-Lucian, Φιλόπατρις ἢ Διδασκόμενος, Section 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/text-8/10

ἀλλ’ ἔτι ἀνεμνήσθην τὰ τῶν Κρητῶν, οἳ τάφον ἐπεδείκνυντό μοι τοῦ Διός σου καὶ τὰ τὴν μητέρα θρέψαντα λόχμια, ὡς ἀειθαλεῖς αἱ λόχμαι αὗται διαμένουσι. Ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκες τὴν ἐπῳδὴν καὶ τὰ ὄργια. Εἰ ταῦτα, ὦ Κριτία, ἐξ ἐπῳδῆς ἐγίνετο, τάχ’ ἂν καὶ ἐκ νεκάδῶν ἐξήνεγκεν ἂν καὶ ἐς τὸ γλυκύτατον φάος ἀνήγαγεν. ἀλλὰ λῆρος παίγνιά τε καὶ μῦθοι παρὰ τῶν ποιητῶν τερατολογούμενα. ὥστε ἔασον καὶ ταύτην.

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Pseudo-Lucian, Φιλόπατρις ἢ Διδασκόμενος, 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.tlg007.local001/.