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ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς μὲν πάντες ὕδωρ καὶ γαῖα γένοισθε: ἐγὼ δέ, εἲ γέ μοι μετὰ παρρησίας λέγειν δοθείη, πολλὰ ἄν, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἔχοιμι εἰπεῖν.
Ζεύς
λέγε, ὦ Μῶμε, πάνυ θαρρῶν δῆλος γὰρ εἶ ἐπὶ
τῷ συμφέροντι παρρησιασόμενος.
Μῶμος
οὐκοῦν ἀκούετε, ὦ θεοί, τά γε ἀπὸ καρδίας,
φασὶν ἐγὼ γὰρ καὶ πάνυ προσεδόκων ἐς τόδε ἀμηχανίας περιστήσεσθαι τὰ ἡμέτερα καὶ πολλοὺς τοιούτους ἀναφύσεσθαι ἡμῖν σοφιστάς, παρ᾽ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν τὴν αἰτίαν τῆς τόλμης λαμβάνοντας: καὶ
μὰ τὴν Θέμιν οὔτε τῷ Ἐπικούρῳ ἄξιον ὀργίζεσθαι οὔτε τοῖς ὁμιληταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ διαδόχοις τῶν λόγων, εἰ τοιαῦτα περὶ ἡμῶν ὑπειλήφασιν. ἢ τί γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἀξιώσειέ τις ἂν φρονεῖν, ὁπόταν ὁρῶσι
τοσαύτην ἐν τῷ βίῳ τὴν ταραχήν, καὶ τοὺς μὲν χρηστοὺς αὐτῶν ἀμελουμένους, ἐν πενίᾳ καὶ νόσοις καὶ δουλείᾳ καταφθειρομένους,
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παμπονήρους δὲ καὶ μιαροὺς ἀνθρώπους προτιμωμένους καὶ ὑπερπλουτοῦντας καὶ ἐπιτάττοντας τοῖς κρείττοσι, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ἱεροσύλους οὐ κολαζομένους ἀλλὰ διαλανθάνοντας, ἀνασκολοπιζομένους δὲ καὶ τυμπανιζομένους ἐνίοτε τοὺς οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντας; εἰκότως τοίνυν ταῦτα ὁρῶντες οὕτω διανοοῦνται
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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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