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ὅτε ὁ Διόνυσος ἐπ᾽ Ἰνδοὺς στρατιὰν ἤλασε
- — κωλύει γὰρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, καὶ μῦθον ὑμῖν διηγήσασθαι Βακχικὸν — φασὶν οὕτω
καταφρονῆσαι αὐτοῦ τὰ πρῶτα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ἐκεῖ,
ὥστε καταγελᾶν ἐπιόντος, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐλεεῖν τὴν τόλμαν αὐτίκα μάλα συμπατηθησομένου ὑπὸ τῶν ἐλεφάντων, εἰ ἀντιτάξαιτο: ἤκουον γάρ, οἶμαι, τῶν σκοπῶν ἀλλόκοτα ὑπὲρ τῆς στρατιᾶς αὐτοῦ ἀγγελλόντων, ὡς ἡ μὲν φάλαγξ αὐτῷ καὶ οἱ λόχοι γυναῖκες εἶεν ἔκφρονες καὶ μεμηνυῖαι, κιττῷ ἐστεμμέναι, νεβρίδας ἐνημμέναι, δοράτια μικρὰ ἔχουσαι ἀσίδηρα, κιττοποίητα καὶ ταῦτα, καί τινα
πελτάρια, κοῦφα, βομβοῦντα, εἴ τις μόνον
προσάψαιτο — ἀσπίσι γὰρ εἴκαζον, οἶμαι,τὰ τύμπανα — - ὀλίγους δέ τινας ἀγροίκους νεανίσκους ἐνεῖναι, γυμνούς, κόρδακα ὀρχουμένους, οὐρὰς ἔχοντας,
κεράστας, οἷα τοῖς ἄρτι γεννηθεῖσιν ἐρίφοις ὑποφύεται.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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