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ἀλλὰ τελεσιουργείτω μὲν ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ. ταῦτα
δ᾽ οὖν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, οὐκ ἐγίνετο ἐπὶ τοῦ Κρόνου — αὐτοὶ
γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἐσμέν — οὐδὲ: ἀπόκοιτός ποτε ἐκεῖνος παρὰ
τῆς Ῥέας ἦν οὐδὲ ἀπολιπὼν ἂν τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐν Θήβαις
ἐκοιμᾶτο, ἀλλὰ ἡμέρα μὲν ἡμέρα, νὺξ δὲ κατὰ μέτρον τὸ
αὐτῆς ἀνάλογον ταῖς ὥραις, ξένον δὲ ἢ παρηλλαγμένον
οὐδέν, οὐδ᾽ ἂν ἐκοινώνησέ ποτε ἐκεῖνος θνητῇ γυναικί:
νῦν δὲ δυστήνου γυναίου ἕνεκα χρὴ ἀνεστράφθαι τὰ
πάντα καὶ ἀκαμπεστέρους μὲν γενέσθαι τοὺς ἵππους ὑπὸ
τῆς ἀργίας, δύσπορον δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀτριβῆ μένουσαν τριῶν
ἑξῆς ἡμερῶν, τοὺς δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀθλίως ἐν σκοτεινῷ
διαβιοῦν. τοιαῦτα ἀπολαύσονται τῶν Διὸς ἐρώτων
καὶ καθεδοῦνται περιμένοντες, ἔστ᾽ ἂν ἐκεῖνος ἀποτελέσῃ
τὸν ἀθλητήν, ὃν λέγεις, ὑπὸ μακρῷ τῷ ζόφῳ.
Ἑρμῆς
σιώπα, ὦ Ἥλιε, μή τι κακὸν ἀπολαύσῃς τῶν
λόγων. ἐγὼ δὲ παρὰ τὴν Σελήνην ἀπελθὼν καὶ τὸν
Ὕπνον ἀπαγγελῶ κἀκείνοις ἅπερ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐπέστειλε, τὴν
μὲν σχολῇ προβαίνειν, τὸν δὲ Ὕπνον μὴ ἀνιέναι τοὺς
ἀνθρώπους, ὡς ἀγνοήσωσι μακρὰν οὕτω τὴν νύκτα γεγενημένην.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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