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ἔργων δὲ αὐτοῦ πέρι πολλὰ μὲν ἔχω εἰπεῖν, ἐρέω δὲ τὸ μάλιστα θωυμάζειν ἄξιον. πρῶτα δὲ τοῦ μαντηίου ἐπιμνήσομαι. μαντήια πολλὰ μὲν
παρ᾽ Ἕλλησι, πολλὰ δὲ καὶ παρ᾽ Αἰγυπτίοισι,
τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐν Λιβύῃ, καὶ ἐν τῇ δὲ Ἀσίῃ πολλά ἐστιν. ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν οὔτε ἱρέων ἄνευ οὔτε
[p. 392] προφητέων φθέγγονται, ὅδε δὲ αὐτός τε κινέεται καὶ τὴν μαντηίην ἐς τέλος αὐτουργέει. τρόπος δὲ αὐτῆς
- τοιόσδε. εὖτ᾽ ἂν ἐθέλῃ χρησμηγορέειν, ἐν τῇ
ἕδρῃ πρῶτα κινέεται, οἱ δέ μιν ἱρέες αὐτίκα ἀείρουσιν ἢν δὲ μὴ ἀείρωσιν, ὁ δὲ ἱδρώει καὶ ἐς μέζον ἔτι κινέεται. εὖτ᾽ ἂν δὲ ὑποδύντες φέρωσιν, ἄγει σφέας πάντῃ περιδινέων καὶ ἐς ἄλλον ἐξ
ἑτέρου μεταπηδέων. τέλος ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς ἀντιάσας
ἐπερέεταί μιν περὶ ἁπάντων πρηγμάτων: ὁ δὲ ἢν
τι μὴ ἐθέλῃ ποιέεσθαι, ὀπίσω ἀναχωρέει, ἢν δὲ
τι ἐπαινέῃ, ἄγει ἐς τὸ πρόσω τοὺς προφέροντας ὅκωσπερ ἡνιοχέων. οὕτως μὲν συναγείρουσι τὰ θέσφατα, καὶ οὔτε ἱρὸν πρῆγμα οὐδὲν οὔτε ἴδιον τούτου ἄνευ ποιέουσιν. λέγει δὲ καὶ τοῦ ἔτεος πέρι καὶ τῶν ὡρέων αὐτοῦ πασέων, καὶ ὁκότε οὐκ
ἔρονται λέγει δὲ καὶ τοῦ σημηίου πέρι, κότε
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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