Lucian, Demonax, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 48

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[48] μάλιστα δὲ ἐπολέμει τοῖς οὐ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν φιλοσοφοῦσιν· ἕνα γοῦν ἰδὼν Κυνικὸν τρίβωνα μὲν καὶ πήραν ἔχοντα, ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς βακτηρίας ὕπερον, καὶ κεκραγότα καὶ λέγοντα ὅτι Ἀντισθένους καὶ Κράτητος καὶ Διογένους ἐστὶ ζηλωτής, Μὴ ψεύδου, ἔφη, σὺ γὰρ Ὑπερείδου μαθητὴς ὢν τυγχάνεις.

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

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

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Demonax Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 1. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1913.) — 48 focus

[48] Though your name be Danae, you are not the daughter "of Acrisius (Lawless).” ¹

Life of Demonax Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 48 focus

[48] He waged constant warfare against all whose philosophy was not practical, but for show. So when he saw a cynic, with threadbare cloak and wallet, but a braying-pestle instead of a staff, proclaiming himself loudly as a follower of Antisthenes, Crates, and Diogenes, he said: ‘Tell us no lies; your master is the professor of braying.’

Lucian Demonax 48

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