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ἔσται ταῦτα,’ ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, καὶ ἅμα πρὸς
τὸ ἄναντες ἔτεινον τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἔνθα μὲν οὔτε βοῶν οὔτε ἀνδρῶν φαίνετο ἔργα: μετ᾽ ὀλίγον γὰρ καὶ ἡ σελήνη βραχεῖά μοι
καθεωρᾶτο καὶ τὴν γῆν ἤδη ἀπέκρυπτον. λαβὼν δὲ τὸν ἥλιον ἐν δεξιᾷ διὰ τῶν ἀστέρων
πετόμενος τριταῖος ἐπλησίασα τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ
τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐδόκει μοι ὡς εἶχον εὐθὺς εἴσω παριέναι: ῥᾳδίως γὰρ ᾤμην διαλαθεῖν ἅτε ἐξ ἡμισείας ὢν ἀετός, τὸν δὲ ἀετὸν ἠπιστάμην ἐκ παλαιοῦ συνήθη τῷ Διί: ὕστερον δὲ ἐλογισάμην
ὡς τάχιστα καταφωράσουσί με γυπὸς τὴν ἑτέραν πτέρυγα περικείμενον. ἄριστον γοῦν κρίνας τὸ
μὴ παρακινδυνεύειν ἔκοπτον προσελθὼν τὴν θύραν. ὑπακούσας δὲ ὁ Ἑρμῆς καὶ τοὔνομα
ἐκπυθόμενος ἀπῄει κατὰ σπουδὴν φράσων τῷ Διί, καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον εἰσεκλήθην πάνυ δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων, καταλαμβάνω τε πάντας ἅμα συγκαθημένους οὐδὲ αὐτοὺς ἀφρόντιδας: ὑπετάραττε γὰρ
ἡσυχῇ τὸ παράδοξον μου τῆς ἐπιδημίας, καὶ ὅσον
οὐδέπω πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἀφίξεσθαι προσεδόκων
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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