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ἃ ἔδει ποιεῖν. ἐγὼ δὲ εἰς τὴν ὑστεραίαν ἐκείνου
τι κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν πραγματευομένου λαβὼν τὸ
ὕπερον σχηματίσας ὁμοίως, ἐπειπὼν τὰς συλλαβάς, ἐκέλευσα ὑδροφορεῖν. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐμπλησάμενον τὸν ἀμφορέα ἐκόμισε, ' ‘ πέπαυσο,'’ ἔφην,
' ‘ καὶ μηκέτι ὑδροφόρει, ἀλλ᾽ ἴσθι αὖθις ὕπερον:’ τὸ δὲ οὐκέτι μοι πείθεσθαι ἤθελεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὑδροφόρει ἀεί, ἄχρι δὴ ἐνέπλησεν ἡμῖν ὕδατος τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπαντλοῦν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἀμηχανῶν τῷ πράγματι — ἐδεδίειν γὰρ μὴ ὁ Παγκράτης ἐπανελθὼν ἀγανακτήσῃ, ὅπερ καὶ ἐγένετο — ἀξίνην λαβὼν
διακόπτω τὸ ὕπερον εἰς δύο μέρη: τὰ δέ, ἑκάτερον
τὸ μέρος,^ ἀμφορέας λαβόντα ὑδροφόρει καὶ ἀνθ᾽ ἑνὸς δύο μοι ἐγεγένηντο οἱ διάκονοι. ἐν τούτῳ καὶ
ὁ Παγκράτης ἐφίσταται καὶ συνεὶς τὸ γενόμενον
ἐκεῖνα μὲν αὖθις ἐποίησε ξύλα, ὥσπερ ἦν πρὸ τῆς ἐπῳδῆς, αὐτὸς δὲ ἀπολιπών με λαθὼν οὐκ
ὅποι ἀφανὴς ᾤχετο ἀπιών. νῦν οὖν,’ ἔφη ὁ Δεινόμαχος, ‘οἶσθα κἂν
ἐκεῖνο, ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖν ἐκ τοῦ ὑπέρου;’
‘νὴ
Δί᾽, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, ἐξ ἡμισείας γε: οὐκέτι γὰρ εἰς τὸ
ἀρχαῖον οἷόν τέ μοι ἀπάγειν. αὐτό, ἢν ἅπαξ
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γένηται ὑδροφόρος, ἀλλὰ δεήσει ἡμῖν ἐπικλυσθῆναι τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπαντλουμένην.’
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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