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ἤδη δ᾽
ἐγώ τινος καὶ τὰ μέλλοντα συγγεγραφότος ἤκουσα, καὶ
τὴν λῆψιν τὴν Οὐολογέσου καὶ τὴν Ὀσρόου σφαγήν, ὡς
παραβληθήσεται τῷ λέοντι, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τὸν τριπόθητον
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ἡμῖν θρίαμβον. οὕτω μαντικῶς ἅμα ἔχων ἔσπευδεν
ἤδη πρὸς τὸ τέλος τῆς γραφῆς. ἀλλὰ καὶ πόλιν ἤδη ἐν τῃ
Μεσοποταμίᾳ ᾤκισε μεγέθει τε μεγίστην καὶ κάλλει καλλίστην:
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ἔτι μέντοι ἐπισκοπεῖ καὶ διαβουλεύεται εἴτε Νίκαιαν
αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τῆς νίκης χρὴ ὀνομάζεσθαι εἴτε Ὁμόνοιαν
εἴτε Εἰρηνίαν. καὶ τοῦτο μὲν ἔτι ἄκριτον καὶ ἀνώνυμος
ἡμῖν ἡ καλὴ πόλις ἐκείνη, λήρου πολλοῦ καὶ
κορύζης συγγραφικῆς γέμουσα: τὰ δ᾽ ἐν Ἰνδοῖς πραχθησόμενα
ὑπέσχετο ἤδη γράψειν καὶ τὸν περίπλουν τῆς ἔξω
θαλάττης, καὶ οὐχ ὑπόσχεσις ταῦτα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ
προοίμιον τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἤδη συντέτακται, καὶ τὸ τρίτον
τάγμα καὶ οἱ Κελτοὶ καὶ Μαύρων μοῖρα ὀλίγη σὺν Κασσίῳ
πάντες οὗτοι ἐπεραιώθησαν τὸν Ἰνδὸν ποταμόν: ὅ
τι δὲ καὶ πράξουσιν ἢ πῶς δέξονται τὴν τῶν ἐλεφάντων
ἐπέλασιν, οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν ἡμῖν ὁ θαυμαστὸς συγγραφεὺς
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ἀπὸ Μουζίριδος ἢ ἀπ᾽ Ὀξυδρακῶν ἐπιστελεῖ.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol II. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1913. Keyboarding.
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