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‘ο ἱ δ ὲ θ ε ο ὶ π ὰρ Ζ η ν ὶ καθήμενοι —’ πρέπει γάρ,
ο ἶμ α ι , ἄν ω : ὄν τ α μεγαληγορεῖν — ἀποσκοποῦσ ι ν ε ἰς τ ὴν γ ῆν κ α ὶ πάντῃ περιβλέπουσιν ἐπικύπτοντες ε ἴ π ο θ ε ν ὄψονται π ῦρ ἀναπτόμενον ἢ
ἀναφερομένην κ ν ῖσ α ν ‘ ἑλισσομένην π ε ρ ὶ κ α π ν ῷ.’ κ ἂν μ ὲν θύῃ τις, ε ὐωχοῦν τ α ι πάντες ἐπικεχηνότες
τ ῷ κ α π ν ῷ κ α ὶ τ ὸ α ἷμ α πίνοντες τ ο ῖς β ω μ ο ῖς
προσχεόμενον ^ ὥσπερ α ἱ μ υ ῖα ι : ἢν δ ὲ
ο ἰκοσιτῶσ ι ν , νέκταρ κ α ὶ ἀμβροσία τ ὸ δ ε ῖπ ν ο ν . πάλαι μ ὲν ο ὖν κ α ὶ ἄνθρωποι συνειστιῶν τ ο κ α ὶ συνέπινον
α ὐτ ο ῖς, ὁ Ἰξίων κ α ὶ ὁ Τάνταλος: ἐπ ε ὶ δ ὲ ἦσ α ν
ὑβρισταὶ κ α ὶ λάλοι, ἐκ ε ῖν ο ι μ ὲν ἔτ ι κ α ὶ ν ῦν κολάζονται, ἄβατος δ ὲ τ ῷ θ ν η τ ῷ γένει κ α ὶ ἀπόρρητος
ὁ ο ὐρανός.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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