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ἐμοὶ δὲ τίς ἂν ἐρίσαι τολμήσειεν Ἡλιῳ τε
ὄντι καὶ τηλικούτῳ τὸ μέγεθος; εἰ γοῦν μὴ
ὑπερφυᾶ μηδὲ ὑπέρμετρον οἱ Ῥόδιοι κατασκευάσασθαί
με ἠξίωσαν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου τελέσματος ἑκκαίδεκα χρυσοῦς θεοὺς ἐπεποίηντο ἂν ὥστε ἀνάλογον πολυτελέστερος ἂν νομιζοίμην. καὶ πρόσεστιν
ἡ τέχνη καὶ τῆς ἐργασίας τὸ ἀκριβὲς ἐν μεγέθει τοσούτῳ.
Ἑρμῆς
τί, ὦ Ζεῦ, χρὴ ποιεῖν; δύσκριτον γὰρ ἐμοὶ γοῦν τοῦτο: εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἐς τὴν ὕλην ἀποβλέποιμι, χαλκοῦς ἐστιν, εἰ δὲ λογιζοίμην ἀφ᾽ ὁπόσων ταλάντων κεχάλκευται;, ὑπὲρ τοὺς πεντακοσιομεδίμνους ἂν εἴη.
Ζεύς
τί γὰρ ἔδει παρεῖναι καὶ τοῦτον ἐλέγξοντα τὴν τῶν ἄλλων μικρότητα καὶ ἐνοχλήσοντα τῇ καθέδρᾳ; πλὴν ἀλλ᾽, ὦ Ῥοδίων ἄριστε, εἰ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα προτιμητέος εἶ τῶν χρυσῶν, πῶς
ἂν καὶ προεδρεύοις, εἰ μὴ δεήσει ἀναστῆναι πάντας ὡς μόνος καθέζοιο, τὴν Πνύκα ὅλην
θατέρᾳ τῶν πυγῶν ἐπιλαβών; ὥστε ἄμεινον ποιήσεις ὀρθοστάδην ἐκκλησιάζων, ἐπικεκυφὼς
τῷ συνεδρίῳ.
Ἑρμῆς
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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