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ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ἐφ᾽ οἷς ὑμᾶς συνεκάλεσα, οὐ μικρά,
ὦ θεοί, εἰ λογιεῖσθε ὡς ἡ ἡ πᾶσα μὲν ἡμῖν τιμὴ καὶ δόξα καὶ πρόσοδος οἱ ἄνθρωποὶ εἰσιν εἰ δ᾽ οὗτοι πεισθεῖεν ἢ μηδὲ ὅλως θεοὺς εἶναι ἢ ὄντας ἀπρονοήτους
εἶναι σφῶν αὐτῶν, ἄθυτα καὶ ἀγέραστα καὶ ἀτίμητα ἡμῖν ἔσται τὰ ἐκ γῆς καὶ μάτην ἐν οὐρανῷ καθεδούμεθα λιμῷ ἐχόμενοι, ἑορτῶν ἐκείνων καὶ πανηγύρεων καὶ ἀγώνων καὶ θυσιῶν καὶ
παννυχίδων καὶ πομπῶν στερούμενοι. ὡς οὖν ὑπὲρ τηλικούτων φημὶ δεῖν ἅπαντας ἐπινοεῖν τι σωτήριον τοῖς παροῦσι καὶ ἀφ᾽ ὅτου κρατήσει μὲν ὁ Τιμοκλῆς καὶ δόξει ἀληθέστερα λέγειν, ὁ Δᾶμις δὲ καταγελασθήσεται πρὸς τῶν ἀκουόντων ὡς ἔγωγε οὐ πάνυ τῷ Τιμοκλεῖ πέποιθα ὡς κρατήσει καθ᾽
[p. 118] ἑαυτόν, ἢν μὴ καὶ τὰ παρ᾽ ἡμῶν αὐτῷ προσγένηται. κήρυττε οὖν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου,
ὡς ἀνιστάμενοι συμβουλεύοιεν.
Ἑρμῆς
ἄκουε, σίγα, μὴ τάραττε: τίς ἀγορεύειν βούλεται τῶν τελείων θεῶν, οἷς ἔξεστι; τί τοῦτο;
οὐδεὶς ἀνίσταται, ἀλλ᾽ ἡσυχάζετε πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος τῶν ἠγγελμένων ἐκπεπληγμένοι;
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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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