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title: "Declamations and Orations: Oration 21 (To the Newcomer Severus)"
title_greek: "Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς Σεβῆρον Νέηλυν"
author: Himerius the Sophist
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# Declamations and Orations: Oration 21 (To the Newcomer Severus)

*Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς Σεβῆρον Νέηλυν*

**Author:** Himerius the Sophist

**eul_wid:** `siy-ax` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/himerius-declamations-orations-oration-21-siy-ax)

## Text

Part of [Declamations and Orations](/works/himerius-declamations-orations-siy-ac)

`21`

Εἰς Σεβῆρον νέηλυν.

Ἐμέμνητο δὲ ἄρα καὶ παρὰ τὰς μάχας Ἀχιλλεὺς τῆς λύρας· καὶ τὰ μὲν πεδία τοῖς ὅπλοις ἤστραπτεν, ὁ δὲ κατὰ τὴν σκηνὴν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ κιθάραν ἥρμοζεν. ἡ δὲ τῆς ᾠδῆς ὑπόθεσις· ἤρα ἀρετῆς Ἀχιλλεύς, καὶ τὰ κλέα τῶν ἀνδρῶν νῦν μὲν πολεμῶν ἐμιμεῖτο, νῦν δὲ ᾠδὰς ἐργαζόμενος ...

Ἔρις ἦν ἀμφὶ τοῖς παιδικοῖς τῶν θεῶν· ἀλλʼ οὔτε Ἀθηνᾶ τὰ ὅπλα ἔχουσα τοῖς ὅπλοις ἤριζεν, οὔτε Ποσειδῶν φέρων τὴν τρίαιναν, ταύτην προβέβλητο· ἀλλʼ ἡ μὲν τὸν θαλλὸν ἀνέσειεν, ὁ δὲ ἀντήχει τῷ κύματι. καὶ λύει ψῆφος τὴν κρίσιν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ λαμβάνει τὰ νικητήρια ...

Ἀλλὰ Μουσῶν χοροὶ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος καθʼ ἁπαλῶν λειμόνων ἀθύρουσι ...

Καὶ ἡ μὲν ηὔλει, ἡ δὲ κιθάραν εἶχεν, ἡ δὲ ἐνέπνει τῇ σύριγγι ...

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