Lucian, Hippias, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 4

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[4] ἃ δὲ ἔναγχος ἰδὼν αὐτοῦ τῶν ἔργων κατεπλάγην, οὐκ ὀκνήσω εἰπεῖν· κοινὴ μὲν γὰρ ἡ ὑπόθεσις κἀν τῷ καθʼ ἡμᾶς βίῳ πάνυ πολλή, βαλανείου κατασκευή· ἡ¹ περίνοια δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ κοινῷ τούτῳ σύνεσις θαυμαστή.

τόπος μὲν ἦν οὐκ ἐπίπεδος, ἀλλὰ πάνυ προσάντης καὶ ὄρθιος, ὃν παραλαβὼν κατὰ θάτερα εἰς ὑπερβολὴν ταπεινόν, ἰσόπεδον θάτερον² θατέρῳ ἀπέφηνεν, κρηπῖδα μὲν βεβαιοτάτην ἅπαντι τῷ ἔργῳ βαλόμενος καὶ θεμελίων θέσει τὴν τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων ἀσφάλειαν ἐμπεδωσάμενος, ὕψεσι³ δὲ πάνυ ἀποτόμοις καὶ πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν συνεχομένοις τὸ ὅλον κρατυνάμενος· τὰ δὲ ἐποικοδομηθέντα τῷ τε τοῦ τόπου μεγέθει σύμμετρα καὶ τῷ εὐλόγῳ τῆς κατασκευῆς ἁρμοδιώτατα καὶ τὸν τῶν φώτων λόγον φυλάττοντα.

Hippias. Lucian. ed. Austin Morris Harmon. Medford, MA. Perseus 4.0.

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Ἱππίας ἢ Βαλανεῖον (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.)

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Hippias, or the Bath Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 4 focus

[4] but I shall not hesitate to speak of one of his achievements which I recently looked upon with wonder. Though the undertaking is a commonplace, and in our days a very frequent one, the construction of a bath, yet his thoughtfulness and intelligence even in this commonplace matter is marvellous. The site was not flat, but quite sloping and steep; it was extremely low on one side when he took it in hand, but he made it level, not only constructing a firm basis for the entire work and laying foundations to ensure the safety of the superstructure, but strengthening the whole with buttresses, very sheer and, for security’s sake, close together. The building suits the magnitude of the site, accords well with the accepted idea of such an establishment, and shows regard for the principles of lighting.

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Hippias

1. ἡ, E. Schwartz: not in MSS.

2. θάτερον E. Schwartz: not in MSS.

3. ὕψεσι MSS. ἀψῖσι Pellet and du Soul.

Lucian Hippias 4

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