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τὰ ἐς τὴν σεληναίην συνετάξατο,^ Φαέθων δὲ τοῦ ἠελίου δρόμον ἐτεκμήρατο, οὐ μέν γε ἀτρεκέως, ἀλλ᾽ ἀτελέα τὸν λόγον ἀπολιπὼν ἀπέθανεν. οἱ δὲ τάδε ἀγνοέοντες Ἠελίου παῖδα Φαέθοντα δοκέουσιν καὶ μῦθον ἐπ᾽ αὐτέῳ οὐδαμὰ πιστὸν διηγέονται. ἐλθόντα γάρ μιν παρὰ τὸν Ἠέλιον τὸν πατέρα αἰτέειν τὸ τοῦ φωτὸς ἅρμα ἡνιοχέειν, τὸν δὲ δοῦναὶ
τὲ οἱ καὶ ὑποθέσθαι τῆς ἱππασίης τὸν νόμον.
ὁ δὲ Φαέθων ἐπειδὴ ἀνέβη τὸ ἅρμα, ἡλικίῃ καὶ
ἀπειρίῃ ἄλλοτε μὲν πρόσγειος ἡνιόχεεν, ἄλλοτε
δὲ πολλὸν τῆς γῆς ἀπαιωρούμενος: τοὺς δὲ
ἀνθρώπους κρύος τε καὶ θάλπος οὐκ ἀνασχετὸν
διέφθειρεν. ἐπὶ τοῖσι δὴ τὸν Δία ἀγανακτέοντα βαλεῖν πρηστῆρι Φαέθοντα μεγάλῳ. πεσόντα δέ μιν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ περιστᾶσαι πένθος μέγα ἐποίεον, ἔστε μετέβαλον τὰ εἴδεα, καὶ νῦν εἰσιν αἴγειροι καὶ
τὸ ἤλεκτρον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ δάκρυον σταλάουσιν. οὐχ οὕτω ταῦτα ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ὅσιον αὐτοῖσι πείθεσθαι, οὐδὲ Ἠέλιος παῖδα ἐποιήσατο, οὐδὲ ὁ παῖς αὐτῷ ἀπέθανεν.
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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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