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ἀσκῷ αἵματος; ἐκεῖνος δὲ τίς ἐστιν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ὁ τὴν πορφυρᾶν ἐφεστρίδα ἐμπεπορπημένος, ὁ τὸ διάδημα, ᾧ τὸν δακτύλιον ὁ μάγειρος ἀναδίδωσι τὸν ἰχθὺν ἀνατεμών,
νήσῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ; βασιλεὺς δέ τις εὔχεται εἶναι.
Ἑρμῆς
εὖ γε παρῳδεῖς, ὦ Χάρων. ἀλλὰ Πολυκράτην
ὁρᾷς τὸν Σαμίων τύραννον πανευδαίμονα ἡγούμενον εἶναι: ἀτὰρ καὶ οὗτος αὐτὸς ὑπὸ τοῦ
παρεστῶτος οἰκέτου Μαιανδρίου προδοθεὶς Ὀροίτῃ τῷ
σατράπῃ ἀνασκολοπισθήσεται, ἅθλιος ἐκπεσὼν
τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἐν ἀκαρεῖ τοῦ χρόνου: καὶ ταῦτα
γὰρ τῆς Κλωθοῦς ἐπήκουσα.
Χάρων
ἄγαμαι
Κλωθοῦς γεννικῆς: καῖε αὐτούς, ὦ βελτίστη, καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἀπότεμνε καὶ ἀνασκολόπιζε, ὡς εἰδῶσιν ἄνθρωποι ὄντες: ἐν τοσούτῳ δὲ ἐπαιρέσθων ὡς ἂν ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλοτέρου
ἀλγεινότερον καταπεσούμενοι. ἐγὼ δὲ γελάσομαι τότε γνωρίσας αὐτῶν ἕκαστον γυμνὸν ἐν τῷ σκαφιδίῳ μήτε τὴν πορφυρίδα μήτε τιάραν ἢ κλίνην χρυσῆν κομίζοντας.
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Ἑρμῆς
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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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