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εἰσάγεται δὲ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς καὶ Λεπρεῖ περὶ πολυφαγίας ἐρίζων ἐκείνου προκαλεσαμένου, καὶ νενίκηκεν. Ζηνόδοτος δ᾽ ἐν δευτέρῳ Ἐπιτομῶν Καύκωνός φησι τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος καὶ
Ἀστυδαμείας τῆς Φόρβαντος γενέσθαι τὸν Λεπρέα, ὃν
τὸν Ἡρακλέα κελεῦσαι δεθῆναι, ὅτε Αὐγέαν τὸν μισθὸν
ἀπῄτει. Ἡρακλῆς δ᾽ ἐκτελέσας τοὺς ἄθλους ἔρχεται
ἐπὶ Καύκωνας καὶ δεηθείσης Ἀστυδαμείας διαλύεται
πρὸς τὸν Λεπρέα. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ὁ Λεπρεὺς Ἡρακλεῖ
ἐρίζει δίσκῳ καὶ ὕδατος ἀντλήσει καὶ ὅστις ἀναλώσει
θᾶττον ταῦρον, καὶ λείπεται πάντα. εἶτα θωρηχθεὶς
προκαλεῖται Ἡρακλέα καὶ θνῄσκει ἐν τῇ μάχῃ. Μᾶτρις
δ᾽ ἐν τῷ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐγκωμίῳ καὶ εἰς πολυποσίαν
φησὶ τὸν Ἡρακλέα προκληθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ Λεπρέως,
καὶ πάλιν νικηθῆναι. τὰ αὐτὰ ἱστορεῖ καὶ ὁ Χῖος
ῥήτωρ Καύκαλος, ὁ Θεοπόμπου τοῦ ἱστοριογράφου
ἀδελφός, ἐν τῷ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους ἐγκωμίῳ.
Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.
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