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σόν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, δικάζειν τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο.
Ἑρμῆς
οὕτω μοι δοκεῖ, ταύτην μέν, ἵνα μηδὲν τέρας μηδὲ πολυκέφαλον τέκῃ, οἴχεσθαι παρὰ τὸν
ἄνδρα ὀπίσω ἐς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, τὼ δύο δὲ τούτω δραπετίσκω παραδοθέντε τοῖν δεσπόταιν μανθάνειν ἃ πρὸ τοῦ, τὸν μὲν ἀποπλύνειν τὰς ῥυπώσας τῶν ὀθονῶν, τὸν Ληκυθίωνα, τὸν Μυρόπνουν δὲ
αὖθις ἀκεῖσθαι τῶν ἱματίων τὰ διερρωγότα, μαλάχῃ γε πρότερον μαστιγωθέντε.^ ἔπειτα καὶ
[p. 98] τοῦτον παραδοθῆναι τοῖς πιττωταῖς, ὡς ἀπόλοιτο παρατιλλόμενος τὰ πρῶτα, ῥυπώσῃ προσέτι καὶ γυναικείᾳ τῇ πίττῃ, εἶτα ἐς τὸν Αἷμον ἀναχθέντα γυμνὸν ἐπὶ τῆς χιόνος μένειν συμπεποδισμένον
τὼ πόδε.
Κάνθαρος
φεῦ τῶν κακῶν, ὀτοτοῖ, παππαπαιάξ.
Δεσπότης α
τί τοῦτο παρεντίθης τῶν τραγικῶν σου ^ διαλόγων; ἀλλ᾽ ἀκολούθει παρὰ τοὺς πιττωτὰς
ἤδη, ἀποδυσάμενός γε πρότερον τὴν λεοντῆν,
ὡς γνωσθῇς ὄνος ὤν.
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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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