[5]
ἢ ἐποικοδομεῖν ἔτι δεήσει. παπαῖ, κάτω ἔτι ἐσμὲν
ἐν ὑπωρείᾳ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ: ἀπὸ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἑῴων
μόγις Ἰωνία καὶ Λυδία φαίνεται, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς
ἑσπέρας οὐ πλέον Ἰταλίας καὶ Σικελίας, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν
ἀρκτῴων τὰ ἐπὶ τάδε τοῦ Ἴστρου μόνον, κἀκεῖθεν
ἡ Κρήτη οὐ πάνυ σαφῶς. μετακινητέα ἡμῖν, ὦ
[p. 406] πορθμεῦ, καὶ ἡ Οἴτη, ὡς ἔοικεν, εἶτα ὁ Παρνασσὸς ἐπὶ πᾶσιν.
Χάρων
οὕτω ποιῶμεν. ὅρα μόνον μὴ λεπτότερον ἐξεργασώμεθα τὸ ἔργον ἀπομηκύναντες πέρα τοῦ πιθανοῦ, εἶτα συγκαταρριφέντες αὐτῷ πικρᾶς
τῆς Ὁμήρου οἰκοδομικῆς πειραθῶμεν συντριβέντες τῶν κρανίων.
Ἑρμῆς
θάρρει: ἀσφαλῶς γὰρ ἕξει ἅπαντα. μετατίθει τὴν Οἴτην ἐπικυλινδείσθω ὁ Παρνασσός, ἰδοὺ
δή, ἐπάνειμι αὖθις: εὖ ἔχει: πάντα ὁρῶ: ἀνάβαινε ἤδη καὶ σύ.
Χάρων
ὄρεξον, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, τὴν χεῖρα: οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ μικρὰν
με ταύτην μηχανὴν ἀναβιβάζεις.
Ἑρμῆς
εἴ γε καὶ ἰδεῖν ἐθέλεις, ὦ Χάρων, ἅπαντα: οὐκ
ἔνι δὲ ἄμφω καὶ ἀσφαλῆ καὶ φιλοθεάμονα εἶναι. ἀλλ᾽ ἔχου μου τῆς δεξιᾶς καὶ φείδου μὴ κατὰ τοῦ ὀλισθηροῦ πατεῖν. εὖ γε, ἀνελήλυθας καὶ σύ
καὶ ἐπείπερ δικόρυμβος ὁ Παρνασσός ἐστι, μίαν ἑκάτερος ἄκραν ἀπολαβόμενοι καθεζώμεθα: σὺ
δέ μοι ἤδη ἐν κύκλῳ περιβλέπων ἐπισκόπει
ἅπαντα.
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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