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ὄνειρον γάρ, ὦ τάν, δοκῶ σοι λέγειν ὃς ἀρτίως ἀφῖγμαι παρὰ τοῦ Διός,:
Ἕταιρος
πῶς ἔφησθα; Μένιππος ἡμῖν διοπετὴς πάρεστιν
ἐξ οὐρανοῦ;
Μένιππος
καὶ μὴν ἐγώ σοι παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου τοῦ πάνυ Διὸς ἥκω τήμερον θαυμάσια καὶ ἀκούσας καὶ ἰδών:
εἰ δὲ ἀπιστεῖς, καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὑπερευφραίνομαι
τὸ πέρα πίστεως εὐτυχεῖν.
Ἕταιρος
καὶ πῶς ἂν ἔγωγε, ὦ θεσπέσιε καὶ Ὀλύμπιε Μένιππε, γεννητὸς αὐτὸς καὶ ἐπίγειος ὢν ἀπιστεῖν δυναίμην ὑπερνεφέλῳ ἀνδρὶ καὶ ἵνα καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον εἴπω τῶν Οὐρανιώνων ἑνί; ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνά μοι φράσον,
εἰ δοκεῖ, τίνα τρόπον ἤρθης ἄνω καὶ
ὁπόθεν ἐπορίσω κλίμακα τηλικαύτην τὸ μέγεθος; τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἀμφὶ τὴν ὄψιν οὐ πάνυ ἔοικας ἐκείνῳ τῷ Φρυγί,
ὥστε ἡμᾶς ^ εἰκάζειν καὶ σὲ οἰνοχοήσοντά που
ἀνάρπαστον γεγονέναι πρὸς τοῦ ἀετοῦ.
Μένιππος
σὺ μὲν πάλαι σκώπτων δῆλος εἶ, καὶ
θαυμαστὸν οὐδὲν εἴ σοι τὸ παράδοξον τοῦ λόγου μύθῳ δοκεῖ προσφερές. ἀτὰρ οὐδὲν ἐδέησέ μοι πρὸς τὴν ἄνοδον οὔτε τῆς κλίμακος οὔτε παιδικὰ γενέσθαι τοῦ ἀετοῦ: οἰκεῖα γὰρ ἦν μοι τὰ πτερά.
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Ἕταιρος
τοῦτο μὲν ἤδη καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν Δαίδαλον ἔφησθα,
εἴ γε πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐλελήθεις ἡμᾶς ἱέραξ τις ἢ κολοιὸς ἐξ ἀνθρώπου γενόμενος.
Μένιππος
ὀρθῶς, ὦ ἑταῖρε, καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ σκοποῦ εἴκασας:
τὸ Δαιδάλειον γὰρ ἐκεῖνο σόφισμα τῶν πτερῶν
καὶ αὐτὸς ἐμηχανησάμην.
Ἕταιρος
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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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