Texte grec :
| [12,5] ὡς δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς τοσαῦτα μὲν θεάματα ἔχοντες τερπνά,
τοσαῦτα δὲ ἀκούσματα, τοῦτο μὲν ῥήτορας δεινούς,
τοῦτο δὲ ξυγγραφέας ἡδίστους ἐμμέτρων καὶ ἀμέτρων
λόγων, τοῦτο δὲ {ταῶς ποικίλους, τοῦτο δὲ ὡς} πολλοὺς σοφιστάς, δόξῃ
καὶ μαθηταῖς ἐπαιρομένους οἷον πτεροῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐμοὶ πρόσιτε
καὶ βούλεσθε ἀκούειν, τοῦ μηδὲν εἰδότος μηδὲ φάσκοντος εἰδέναι,
ἆρ´ οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἀπεικάζω τὴν σπουδὴν ὑμῶν τῷ περὶ τὴν γλαῦκα
γιγνομένῳ σχεδὸν οὐκ ἄνευ δαιμονίας τινὸς βουλήσεως;
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Traduction française :
| [12,5] And since you likewise, though having so many
delightful spectacles to behold, and so many things
to hear— able orators, most charming writers of both
verse and prose, and finally, like gorgeous peacocks,
sophists in great numbers, men who are lifted aloft
as on wings by their fame and disciples —since you,
I say, despite all these attractions, draw near and wish
to listen to me, a man who knows nothing and makes
no claim to knowing, am I not right in likening your
interest to that which the birds take in the owl, one
might almost say not without some divine purpose ?
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