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παίζεις, ὦ Πόσειδον, ἢ τέλεον ἐπιλέλησαι ὡς
οὐδὲν ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν τῶν τοιούτων ἐστίν, ἀλλ᾽ αἱ Μοῖραι ἑκάστῳ ἐπικλώθουσι, τὸν μὲν κεραυνῷ,
τὸν δὲ ξίφει, τὸν δὲ πυρετῷ ἢ φθόῃ ἀποθανεῖν; ἐπεὶ εἴ γε μοι ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσίας τὸ πρᾶγμα ἦν,
εἴασα ἄν, οἴει, τοὺς ἱεροσύλους πρῴην ἀπελθεῖν ἀκεραυνώτους ἐκ Πίσης δύο μου τῶν πλοκάμων
ἀποκείραντας ἓξ μνᾶς ἑκάτερον ἕλκοντας; ἢ σὺ
αὐτὸς περιεῖδες ἂν ἐν Γεραιστῷ τὸν ἁλιέα τὸν
ἐξ Ὠρεοῦ ὑφαιρούμενόν σου τὴν τρίαιναν; ἄλλως
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τε καὶ δόξομεν ἀγανακτεῖν λελυπημένοι τῷ πράγματι καὶ δεδιέναι τοὺς παρὰ τοῦ Δάμιδος λόγους καὶ δι᾽ αὐτὸ ἀποσκευάζεσθαι τὸν ἄνδρα, οὐ
περιμείναντες ἀντεξετασθῆναι αὐτὸν τῷ Τιμοκλεῖ.
ὥστε τί ἄλλο ἢ ἐξ ἐρήμης κρατεῖν οὕτω δόξομεν;
Ποσειδῶν
καὶ μὴν ἐπίτομόν τινα ταύτην ᾤμην ἐπινενοηκέναι ἔγωγε πρὸς τὴν νίκην.
Ζεύς
ἄπαγε, θυννῶδες τὸ ἐνθύμημα, ὦ Πόσειδον, καὶ κομιδῇ παχύ, προαναιρήσειν τὸν ἀνταγωνιστὴν ὡς ἀποθάνοι ἀήττητος, ἀμφήριστον ἔτι καὶ ἀδιάκριτον καταλιπὼν τὸν λόγον.
Ποσειδῶν
οὐκοῦν ἄμεινόν τι ὑμεῖς ἄλλο ἐπινοεῖτε, εἰ
τἀμὰ οὕτως ὑμῖν ἀποτεθύννισται.
Ἀπόλλων
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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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