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τοιαῦτα ἄττα διεξιόντες ἅπαντες οἱ παρόντες
ἀπῄειμεν κἀπειδήπερ ἥκομεν εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον
ἀπησθημένοι ἤδη, ὁ μέν τις ἀκροχειριασμῷ, ὁ δὲ
τραχηλισμῷ καὶ ὀρθοπάλῃ ἐχρῆτο, ὁ δὲ λίπα χρισάμενος ἐλυγίζετο, ὁ δὲ ἀντέβαλλε τῷ κωρύκῳ,
ὁ δὲ μολυβδαίνας χερμαδίους δράγδην ^ ἔχων ἐχειροβόλει. εἶτα συντριβέντες καὶ ἀλλήλους κατανωτισάμενοι καὶ ἐμπαίξαντες τῷ γυμνασίῳ ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ Φιλῖνος ἐν τῇ θερμῇ πυέλῳ καταιονηθέντες ἐξῄειμεν: οἱ λοιποὶ δὲ τὸ ψυχροβαφὲς κάρα δελφινίσαντες παρένεον ὑποβρύχιοι θαυμασίως.
ἀναστρέψαντες δ᾽ αὖθις ἄλλος ἄλλοσε ἄλλα
ἐδρῶμεν. ἐγὼ μὲν ὑποδησάμενος ἐξυόμην τὴν κεφαλὴν
τῇ ὀδοντωτῇ ξύστρᾳ: καὶ γὰρ οὐ κηπίον, ἀλλὰ σκάφιον ἐκεκάρμην, ὡς ἂν οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ τὸν
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κόννον καὶ τὴν κορυφαίαν ἀποκεκομηκώς: ἄλλος ἐθερμοτράγει, ὁ δ᾽ ἤμει τὸν νῆστιν, ὁ δὲ ἀραιὰς ποιῶν τὰς ῥαφανῖδας ἐμυστιλᾶτο τοῦ ἰχθυηροῦ ζωμοῦ, ἄλλος ἤσθιεν φαυλίας, ὁ δὲ ἐρρόφει τῶν κριθῶν.
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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