[5]
ταύτας κρεμάσασα ἐκ παττάλου ὑποθυμιᾷ
τῷ θείῳ, πάττουσα καὶ τῶν ἁλῶν ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ: ἐπιλέγει
δὲ ἀμφοῖν τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ τὸ ἐκείνου καὶ τὸ σόν.
εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει
ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ
καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. ταῦτα ἐποίησε τότε. καὶ μετ᾽ οὐ
πολὺ Φανίας, ἅμα καὶ τῶν συνεφήβων ἐπιτιμησάντων
αὐτῷ καὶ τῆς Φοιβίδος, ᾗ συνῆν, πολλὰ αἰτούσης, ἧκέ
μοι, τί πλέον; ὑπὸ τῆς ἐπῳδῆς ἀγόμενος. ἔτι δὲ καὶ τοῦτό
με σφόδρα κατὰ τῆς Φοιβίδος τὸ μίσηθρον ἐδιδάξατο, τηρήσασαν
τὸ ἴχνος, ἐπὰν ἀπολίποι, ἀμαυρώσασαν ἐπιβῆναι
μὲν τῷ ἀριστερῷ ἐκείνης τὸν ἐμὸν δεξιόν, τῷ δεξιῷ
[p. 289] δὲ τὸν ἀριστερὸν ἔμπαλιν καὶ λέγειν, Ἐπιβέβηκά σοι καὶ
ὑπεράνω εἰμί: καὶ ἐποίησα ὡς προσέταξε.
Μέλιττα
μὴ μέλλε, μὴ μέλλε, ὦ Βακχί, κάλει ἤδη τὴν
[p. 243]
Σύραν. σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἀκί, τὸν ἄρτον καὶ τὸ θεῖον καὶ τα
ἄλλα πάντα πρὸς τὴν ἐπῳδὴν εὐτρέπιζε.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol III. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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