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ἄλλος τις ἀοίδιμος ἐπὶ
λόγων δυνάμει Θουκυδίδῃ καὶ αὐτὸς ὅμοιος ἢ ὀλίγῳ ἀμεινων
αὐτοῦ, πάσας πόλεις καὶ πάντα ὄρη καὶ πεδία καὶ
ποταμοὺς ἑρμηνεύσας πρὸς τὸ σαφέστατον καὶ ἰσχυρότατον,
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ὡς ᾤετο: τὸ δὲ ἐς ἐχθρῶν κεφαλὰς ὁ ἀλεξίκακος
τρέψειε: τοσαύτη ψυχρότης ἐνῆν ὑπὲρ τὴν Κασπίαν χιό,
να καὶ τὸν κρύσταλλον τὸν Κελτικόν. ἡ γοῦν ἀσπὶς ἡ
τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος ὅλῳ βιβλίῳ μόγις ἐξηρμηνεύθη αὐτῷ,
καὶ Γοργὼν ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῆς ἐκ
κυανοῦ καὶ λευκοῦ καὶ μέλανος καὶ ζώνη ἰριοειδὴς καὶ
δράκοντες ἑλικηδὸν καὶ βοστρυχηδόν. ἡ μὲν γὰρ Οὐολογέσου
ἀναξυρὶς ἢ ὁ χαλινὸς τοῦ ἵππου, Ἡράκλεις, ὅσαι
μυριάδες ἐπῶν ἕκαστον τούτων, καὶ οἵα ἦν ἡ Ὀσρόου
κόμη, διανέοντος τὸν Τίγρητα, καὶ ἐς οἷον ἄντρον κατέφυγε,
κιττοῦ καὶ μυρρίνης καὶ δάφνης ἐς ταὐτὸ συμπεφυκότων
καὶ σύσκιον ἀκριβῶς ποιούντων αὐτό. σκόπει
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ὡς ἀναγκαῖα τῇ ἱστορίᾳ ταῦτα, καὶ ὧν ἄνευ οὐκ ἂν ᾔδειμέν
τι τῶν ἐκεῖ πραχθέντων.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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