Ἑρμῆ, λαβὼν τουτὶ τὸ μῆλον ἄπιθι εἰς τὴν
Φρυγίαν παρὰ τὸν Πριάμου παῖδα τὸν βουκόλον — νέμει δὲ τῆς Ἴδης ἐν τῷ Γαργάρῳ — καὶ λέγε
πρὸς αὐτόν, ὅτι ‘ σέ, ὦ Πάρι, κελεύει ὁ Ζεύς, ἐπειδὴ καλός τε αὐτὸς εἶ καὶ σοφὸς τὰ ἐρωτικά, δικάσαι ταῖς θεαῖς, ἥτις αὐτῶν ἡ καλλίστη ἐστὶν τοῦ δὲ ἀγῶνος τὸ ἆθλον ἡ νικῶσα λαβέτω τὸ μῆλον.’ ὥρα δὲ ἤδη καὶ ὑμῖν αὐταῖς ἀπιέναι
παρὰ τὸν δικαστὴν ἐγὼ γὰρ ἀπωθοῦμαι τὴν δίαιταν ἐπ᾽ ἴσης τε ὑμᾶς ἀγαπῶν, καὶ εἴ γε οἷὸν
τε ἦν, ἡδέως ἂν ἁπάσας νενικηκυίας ἰδών. ἄλλως
τε καὶ ἀνάγκη, μιᾷ τὸ καλλιστεῖον ἀποδόντα πάντως ἀπεχθάνεσθαι ταῖς πλείοσιν. διὰ ταῦτα
αὐτὸς μὲν οὐκ ἐπιτήδειος ὑμῖν δικαστής, ὁ δὲ νεανίας οὗτος ὁ Φρὺξ ἐφ᾽ ὃν ἄπιτε βασιλικὸς μέν ἐστι καὶ Γανυμήδους τουτουὶ συγγενής, τὰ ἄλλα δὲ ἀφελὴς καὶ ὄρειος, κοὐκ ἄν τις αὐτὸν ἀπαξιώσειε τοιαύτης θέας.
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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