Lucian, Anacharsis, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 5

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Ἀνάχαρσις

ταῦτα οὖν ἐθέλω εἰδέναι τίνος ἀγαθοῦ¹ ἂν εἴη ποιεῖν· ὡς ἔμοιγε μανίᾳ μᾶλλον ἐοικέναι δοκεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις ἂν ῥᾳδίως μεταπείσειέ με ὡς οὐ παραπαίουσιν οἱ ταῦτα δρῶντες.

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

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Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).)

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Anacharsis, or Athletics Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 4. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1925 (printing).) — 5 focus

[5] I want to know, therefore, what good it can be to do all this, because to me at least the thing looks more like insanity than anything else, and nobody can easily convince me that men who act in that way are not out of their minds.

Anacharsis, a Discussion of Physical Training Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 3. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 5 focus

[5] Now I want to know what is the good of it all. To me it looks more like madness than anything else. It will not be very easy to-convincé me that people who behave like this are not wrong in their heads.

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Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων

1. ἀγαθοῦ vulg.: ἀγαθὸν MSS.

Lucian Anacharsis 5

ed. Austin Morris Harmon

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