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αὖθις ὁρῶ γελῶντά σε, ὦ καλὲ Κρόνιε, τὴν
[p. 42] καταστροφὴν τοῦ δράματος. ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺς μητρῴους μὲν δαίμονας ἐπιβοώμενον μὰ τὸν Δί᾽ οὐ σφόδρα
ᾐτιώμην ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς πατρῴους ἐπεκαλέσατο,
ἀναμνησθεὶς τῶν περὶ τοῦ φόνου εἰρημένων οὐδὲ κατέχειν ἠδυνάμην τὸν γέλωτα. οἱ Κυνικοὶ δὲ περιστάντες τὴν πυρὰν οὐκ ἐδάκρυον μέν, σιωπῇ
δὲ ἐνεδείκνυντο λύπην τινὰ εἰς τὸ πῦρ ὁρῶντες, ἄχρι δὴ ἀποπνιγεὶς ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ‘ ἀπίωμεν,’ φημί, ‘ὦ μάταιοι: οὐ γὰρ ἡδὺ τὸ θέαμα ὠπτημένον γέροντα ὁρᾶν κνίσης ἀναπιμπλαμένους πονηρᾶς.
ἢ περιμένετε ἔστ᾽ ἂν γραφεύς τις ἐπελθὼν ἀπεικάσῃ ὑμᾶς οἵους τοὺς ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ ἑταίρους
τῷ Σωκράτει παραγράφουσιν; ’ ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν
ἠγανάκτουν καὶ ἐλοιδοροῦντό μοι, ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ
ἐπὶ τὰς βακτηρίας ᾖξαν. εἶτα, ἐπειδὴ ἠπείλησα ξυναρπάσας τινὰς ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὸ πῦρ, ὡς ἂν
ἕποιντο τῷ διδασκάλῳ, ἐπαύσαντο καὶ εἰρήνην ἦγον.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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