Ζεύς
οἷα πεποίηκας, ὦ Τιτάνων κακιστε; ἀπολώλεκας
τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἅπαντα, μειρακίῳ ἀνοήτῳ πιστεύσας
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τὸ ἅρμα, ὃς τὰ μὲν κατέφλεξε πρόσγειος ἐνεχθείς,
τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ κρύους διαφθαρῆναι ἐποίησε πολὺ αὐτῶν ἀποσπάσας
το πῦρ, καὶ ὅλως οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ ξυνετάραξε καὶ
ξυνέχεε, καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ ξυνεὶς τὸ γιγνόμενον κατέβαλον
αὐτὸν τῷ κεραυνῷ, οὐδὲ λείψανον ἀνθρώπων ἐπέμεινεν
ἄν: τοιοῦτον ἡμῖν ἡνίοχον τὸν καλὸν ἐκεῖνον καὶ διφρηλάτην ἐκπέπομφας.
Ἥλιος
ἥμαρτον, ὦ Ζεῦ, ἀλλὰ μὴ χαλέπαινε, εἰ ἐπείσθην
υἱῷ πολλὰ ἱκετεύοντι: πόθεν γὰρ ἂν καὶ ἤλπισα
τηλικοῦτο γενήσεσθαι κακόν;
Ζεύς
οὐκ ᾔδεις, ὅσης ἐδεῖτο ἀκριβείας τὸ πρᾶγμα
καὶ ὡς, εἰ βραχύ τις ἐκβαίη τῆς ὁδοῦ, οἴχεται πάντα;
ἠγνόεις δὲ καὶ τῶν ἵππων τὸν θυμόν, ὡς δεῖ ξυνέχειν
ἀνάγκῃ τὸν χαλινόν; εἰ γὰρ ἐνδοίη τις, ἀφηνιάζουσιν
εὐθύς, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τοῦτον ἐξήνεγκαν, ἄρτι μὲν ἐπὶ
τὰ λαιά, μετ᾽ ὀλίγον δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιά, καὶ ἐς τὸ ἐναντίον
τοῦ δρόμου ἐνίοτε, καὶ ἄνω καὶ κάτω, ὅλως ἔνθα ἐβούλοντο
αὐτοί: ὁ δὲ οὐκ εἶχεν ὅ τι χρήσαιτο αὐτοῖς.
Ἥλιος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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