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καί μοι ἐνταῦθα, ὦ Ζεῦ — μόνοι γάρ ἐσμεν καὶ οὐδεὶς ἄνθρωπος πάρεστι τῷ συλλόγῳ ἔξω Ἡρακλέους καὶ Διονύσου καὶ Γανυμήδους καὶ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, τῶν παρεγγράπτων τούτων — ἀπόκριναι μετ᾽ ἀληθείας, εἲ ποτέ σοι ἐμέλησεν ἐς
[p. 122] τοσοῦτον τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὡς ἐξετάσαι οἵτινες αὐτῶν
οἱ φαῦλοι ἢ οἵτινες οἱ χρηστοὶ εἰσιν ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ
ἂν εἴποις. εἰ γοῦν μὴ ὁ Θησεὺς ἐκ Τροιζῆνος εἰς Ἀθήνας ἰὼν ὁδοῦ πάρεργον ἐξέκοψε τοὺς κακούργους, ὅσον ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ τῇ σῇ προνοίᾳ
οὐδὲν ἂν ἐκώλυεν ζῆν ἐντρυφῶντας ταῖς τῶν ὁδῷ βαδιζόντων σφαγαῖς τὸν Σκείρωνα καὶ
Πιτυοκάμπτην καὶ Κερκυόνα καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους: ἢ εἴ γε μὴ ὁ Εὐρυσθεύς, ἀνὴρ δίκαιος καὶ προνοητικός, ὑπὸ φιλανθρωπίας ἀναπυνθανόμενος τὰ παρ᾽ ἑκάστοις ἐξέπεμπε τουτονὶ τὸν οἰκέτην αὑτοῦ, ἐργατικὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ πρόθυμον εἰς τοὺς πόνους, ὦ Ζεῦ, σὺ ὀλίγον ἐφρόντισας ἂν τῆς Ὕδρας καὶ τῶν ἐν Στυμφάλῳ ὀρνέων καὶ ἵππων τῶν Θρᾳκίων καὶ τῆς Κενταύρων ὕβρεως καὶ παροινίας.
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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