# Scholia in Lucianum (scholia vetera et recentiora Arethae) 25-6

Scholia in Lucianum, Scholia in Lucianum (scholia vetera et recentiora Arethae), Περὶ τῆς Περεγρίνου τελευτῆς.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-lucianum/scholia-in-lucianum-scholia-vetera-et-recentiora-arethae/25-6

καόμενόν φησι κτλ.] σημείωσαι. ~ Γ οὐκ ἀπ’ ἐλπίδος* κτλ.] οὐ γὰρ ἀνέλπιστον φῂς μὴ ὑπομένοντα τὴν φλόγα ἐξάλλεσθαι ταύτης· ἀνθ’ ὧν καὶ βαθυνθῆναι τὸ τῆς πυρᾶς μεσαίτατον παρασκευάσει, ὡς μηδὲ βουληθέντι ῥᾴδιον ἐκπηδῆσαι. ταῦτα δὲ βούλεται Λουκιανὸς ληρεῖν, Βραχμᾶνας μὲν ἑκόντας καὶ καρτερικώτατα ἀποφαίνων πυρπολεῖσθαι, Περεγρῖνον δὲ οὐ πάντῃ κατὰ τὸ ἑκούσιον ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς ἀνάγκην, εἴ γε τὸ ἄφυκτον ἑαυτῷ περιποιεῖται τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς φλογός. ~ R

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Scholia in Lucianum, Scholia in Lucianum (scholia vetera et recentiora Arethae), ed. Hugo Rabe. 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/tlg5029.tlg001.local001/.