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Ἡράκλεις, ὡς πολὺν τὸν Ὅμηρον ἐπαντλεῖς. ἀλλ᾽ ἐπείπερ ἀνέμνησας, ἐθέλω σοι δεῖξαι τὸν τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως τάφον. ὁρᾷς τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ θαλάττῃ; Σίγειον μὲν ἐκεῖθέν ἐστι τὸ Τρωϊκόν: ἀντικρὺ
δὲ ὁ Αἴας τέθαπται ἐν τῷ Ῥοιτείῳ.
Χάρων
οὐ μεγάλοι, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, οἱ τάφοι. τὰς πόλεις δὲ
τὰς ἐπισήμους δεῖξόν μοι ἤδη, ἃς κάτω ἀκούομεν, τὴν Νίνον τὴν Σαρδαναπάλλου καὶ Βαβυλῶνα
καὶ Μυκήνας καὶ Κλεωνὰς καὶ τὴν Ἴλιον αὐτήν
πολλοὺς γοῦν μέμνημαι διαπορθμεύσας ἐκεῖθεν,
ὡς δέκα ὅλων ἐτῶν μὴ νεωλκῆσαι μηδὲ διαψῦξαι
τὸ σκαφίδιον.
Ἑρμῆς
ἡ Νίνος μέν, ὦ πορθμεῦ, ἀπόλωλεν ἤδη καὶ
οὐδὲ ἴχνος ἔτι λοιπὸν αὐτῆς, οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἴποις ὅπου ποτὲ ἦν ἡ Βαβυλὼν δέ σοι ἐκείνη ἐστὶν ἡ εὔπυργος, ἡ τὸν μέγαν περίβολον, οὐ μετὰ πολὺ καὶ αὐτὴ ζητηθησομένη ὥσπερ ἡ Νίνος: Μυκήνας
δὲ καὶ Κλεωνὰς αἰσχύνομαι δεῖξαί σοι, καὶ μάλιστα τὸ Ἴλιον. ἀποπνίξεις γὰρ εὖ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι τὸν
Ὅμηρον κατελθὼν ἐπὶ τῇ μεγαληγορίᾳ τῶν ἐπῶν.
πλὴν ἀλλὰ πάλαι μὲν ἦσαν εὐδαίμονες, νῦν δὲ τεθνᾶσι καὶ αὗται: ἀποθνήσκουσι γάρ, ὦ πορθμεῦ, καὶ πόλεις ὥσπερ ἄνθρωποι, καὶ τὸ
[p. 444] παραδοξότατον, καὶ ποταμοὶ ὅλοι: Ἰνάχου γοῦν οὐδὲ τάφος ἔτι ἐν Ἄργει καταλείπεται.
Χάρων
παπαὶ τῶν ἐπαίνων, Ὅμηρε, καὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων, Ἴλιος ἱρὴ καὶ εὐρυάγυια καὶ ἐϋκτίμεναι
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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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