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ταῦτα οἱ Ἰνδοὶ καὶ ὁ βασιλεῦς αὐτῶν ἀκούοντες ἐγέλων, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, καὶ οὐδ᾽ ἀντεπεξάγειν ἢ
παρατάττεσθαι ἠξίουν, ἀλλ᾽ εἴπερ ἄρα, τὰς γυναῖκας ἐπαφήσειν αὐτοῖς, εἰ πλησίον γένοιντο, σφίσι δὲ καὶ νικᾶν αἰσχρὸν ἐδόκει καὶ φονεύειν γύναια μεμηνότα καὶ θηλυμίτρην ἄρχοντα καὶ
μεθύον σμικρὸν γερόντιον καὶ ἡμίτραγον στρατιώτην ἄλλον καὶ γυμνήτας ὀρχηστάς, πάντας γελοίους. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤγγελτο πυρπολῶν ὁ θεὸς ἤδη τὴν χώραν καὶ πόλεις αὐτάνδρους καταφλέγων καὶ ἀνάπτων τὰς ὕλας καὶ ἐν βραχεῖ πᾶσαν τὴν Ἰνδικὴν φλογὸς ἐμπεπληκώς — ὅπλον γάρ τι
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Διονυσιακὸν τὸ πῦρ, πατρῷον αὐτῷ κἀκ τοῦ
κεραυνοῦ — ἐνταῦθα ἤδη σπουδῇ ἀνελάμβανον τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τοὺς ἐλέφαντας ἐπισάξαντες καὶ ἐγχαλινώσαντες καὶ τοὺς πύργους ἀναθέμενοι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς
ἀντεπεξῄεσαν, καταφρονοῦντες μὲν καὶ τότε, ὀργιζόμενοι δὲ ὅμως καὶ συντρῖψαι σπεύδοντες
αὐτῷ στρατοπέδῳ τὸν ἀγένειον ἐκεῖνον στρατηλάτην.
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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