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τοῦτο τὸ πρᾶγμα πληγῶν αἴτιον καταστήσεταὶ
μοι ὁρῶ γοῦν ἤδη τὸν μισθὸν τῆς περιηγήσεως
οὐκ ἀκόνδυλον παντάπασιν ἡμῖν ἐσόμενον.
ὑπουργητέον δὲ ὅμως: τί γὰρ ἂν καὶ πάθοι τις, ὁπότε φίλος τις ὢν βιάζοιτο;
πάντα μὲν οὖν σε ἰδεῖν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἀκριβῶς
ἀμήχανόν ἐστιν, ὦ πορθμεῦ: πολλῶν γὰρ ἂν ἐτῶν
ἡ διατριβὴ γένοιτο. εἶτα ἐμὲ μὲν κηρύττεσθαι δεήσει καθάπερ ἀποδράντα ὑπὸ τοῦ Διός, σὲ δὲ
[p. 400] καὶ αὐτὸν κωλύσει ἐνεργεῖν τὰ τοῦ Θανάτου ἔργα καὶ τὴν Πλούτωνος ἀρχὴν ζημιοῦν μὴ
νεκραγωγοῦντα πολλοῦ τοῦ χρόνου: κᾆτα ὁ τελώνης Αἰακὸς ἀγανακτήσει μηδ᾽ ὀβολὸν ἐμπολῶν. ὡς δὲ τὰ κεφάλαια τῶν γιγνομένων ἴδοις, τοῦτο ἤδη σκεπτέον.
Χάρων
αὐτός, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ἐπινόει τὸ βέλτιστον - ἐγὼ δὲ
οὐδὲν οἶδα τῶν ὑπὲρ γῆς ξένος ὤν.
Ἑρμῆς
τὸ μὲν ὅλον, ὦ Χάρων, ὑψηλοῦ τινος ἡμῖν δεῖ χωρίου, ὡς ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνου πάντα κατίδοις: σοὶ δὲ εἰ μὲν ἐς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνελθεῖν δυνατὸν ἦν, οὐκ ἂν ἐκάμνομεν ἐκ περιωπῆς γὰρ ἂν ἀκριβῶς ἅπαντα καθεώρας. ἐπεὶ δὲ οὐ θέμις εἰδώλοις ἀεὶ συνόντα
ἐπιβατεύειν τῶν βασιλείων τοῦ Διός, ὥρα ἡμῖν
ὑψηλόν τι ὄρος περισκοπεῖν.
Χάρων
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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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