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κρημνοῦ φέρων ἐς αὐτὸ τὸ θέατρον. ὡς δὲ ἀκινδύνως κατεπτόμην, ἤδη καὶ μετέωρα
ἐφρόνουν καὶ ἄρας ἀπὸ Πάρνηθος ἢ ἀπὸ Ὑμηττοῦ
μέχρι Γερανείας ἐπετόμην, εἶτ᾽ ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ τὸν
Ἀκροκόρινθον ἄνω, εἶτα ὑπὲρ Φολόης καὶ Ἐρυμάνθου:
μέχρι πρὸς τὸ Ταΰγετον.
ἤδη δ᾽ οὖν μοι τοῦ τολμήματος
ἐκμεμελετημένου τέλειός τε καὶ ὑψιπέτης γενόμενος οὐκέτι
τὰ νεοττῶν ἐφρόνουν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν Ὄλυμπον ἀναβὰς καὶ ὡς ἐνῆν μάλιστα κούφως ἐπισιτισάμενος τὸ λοιπὸν ἔτεινον εὐθὺ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, τὸ μὲν
πρῶτον ἰλιγγιῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ βάθους, μετὰ δὲ ἔφερον καὶ τοῦτο εὐμαρῶς. ἐπεὶ δὲ κατ᾽ αὐτὴν ἤδη τὴν σελήνην ἐγεγόνειν πάμπολυ τῶν νεφῶν ἀποσπάσας, ᾐσθόμην κάμνοντος ἐμαυτοῦ, καὶ μάλιστα
[p. 286] κατὰ τὴν ἀριστερὰν πτέρυγα τὴν γυπίνην.
προσελάσας οὖν καὶ καθεζόμενος ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς διανεπαυόμην ἐς τὴν γῆν ἄνωθεν ἀποβλέπων καὶ
ὥσπερ ὁ τοῦ Ὁμήρου Ζεὺς ἐκεῖνος ἄρτι μὲν τὴν τῶν ἱπποπόλων; Θρῃκῶν καθορώμενος, ἄρτι δὲ τὴν Μυσῶν, μετ᾽ ὀλίγον δέ, εἰ δόξειέ μοι, τὴν Ἑλλάδα, τὴν Περσίδα καὶ τὴν Ἰνδικήν. ἐξ ὧν ἁπάντων ποικίλης τινὸς ἡδονῆς ἐνεπιμπλάμην.
Ἕταιρος
οὐκοῦν καὶ ταῦτα λέγοις ἄν, ὦ Μένιππε, ἵνα μηδὲ καθ᾽ ἓν ἀπολειπώμεθα τῆς ἀποδημίας, ἀλλ᾽
εἲ τί σοι καὶ ὁδοῦ πάρεργον ἱστόρηται, καὶ τοῦτο εἰδῶμεν ὡς ἔγωγε οὐκ ὀλίγα προσδοκῶ ἀκούσεσθαι σχήματός τε πέρι γῆς καὶ τῶν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς ἁπάντων, οἷά σοι ἄνωθεν ἐπισκοποῦντι
κατεφαίνετο.
Μένιππος
καὶ ὀρθῶς γε, ὦ ἑταῖρε, εἰκάζεις: διόπερ ὡς
οἷόν τε ἀναβὰς ἐπὶ τὴν σελήνην τῷ λόγῳ
συναποδήμει τε καὶ συνεπισκόπει τὴν ὅλην τῶν ἐπὶ
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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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