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ἀλλ᾽, ὦ θεοῖς ἐχθρὲ σύ, τοὺς χρησμοὺς καὶ
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προαγορεύσεις τῶν ἐσομένων τίνος ἔργον ἂν εἴποις
ἢ θεῶν καὶ τῆς προνοίας τῆς ἐκείνων;
Δάμις
σιώπησον, ὦ ἄριστε, περὶ τῶν χρησμῶν, ἐπεὶ
ἐρήσομαί σε τίνος αὐτῶν μάλιστα μεμνῆσθαι ἀξιοῖς; ἆρ᾽ ἐκείνου ὃν τῷ Λυδῷ ὁ Πύθιος ἔχρησεν,
ὃς ἀκριβῶς ἀμφήκης ἦν καὶ διπρόσωπος, οἷοί εἰσι τῶν Ἑρμῶν ἔνιοι, διττοὶ καὶ ἀμφοτέρωθεν ὅμοιοι πρὸς ὁπότερον ἂν αὐτῶν μέρος ἐπιστραφῇς; ἤ τι γὰρ μᾶλλον ὁ Κροῖσος διαβὰς τὸν Ἅλυν τὴν
αὑτοῦ ἀρχὴν ἢ τὴν Κύρου καταλύσει; καίτοι οὐκ ὀλίγων ταλάντων ὁ Σαρδιανὸς ἐκεῖνος ὄλεθρος τὸ ἀμφιδέξιον τοῦτο ἔπος ἐπρίατο.
Μῶμος
αὐτά που, ὦ θεοί, ἁνὴρ διεξέρχεται λέγων ἃ ἐδεδίειν μάλιστα. ποῦ νῦν ὁ καλὸς ἡμῖν
κιθαρῳδός; ἀπολόγησαι αὐτῷ κατελθὼν πρὸς ταῦτα.
Ζεύς
σὺ ἡμᾶς ἐπισφάττεις, ὦ Μῶμε, οὐκ ἐν καιρῷ
νῦν ἐπιτιμῶν.
Τιμοκλῆς
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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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