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τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐπτερωμένους. ὁ δὲ Ζεὺς μάλα
[p. 306] φοβερῶς, δριμύ τε καὶ τιτανῶδες εἰς ἐμὲ ἀπιδών,
φησὶ ^ ‘ Τίς πόθεν εἶς ἀνδρῶν, πόθι τοι πόλις ἠδὲ τοκῆες;’ Ἐγὼ δὲ ὡς τοῦτ᾽ ἤκουσα,, μικροῦ μὲν ἐξέθανον ὑπὸ τοῦ δέους, εἱστήκειν δὲ ὅμως ἀχανὴς καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς μεγαλοφωνίας ἐμβεβροντημένος. χρόνῳ
δ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν ἀναλαβὼν ἅπαντα διηγούμην σαφῶς
ἄνωθεν ἀρξάμενος, ὡς ἐπιθυμήσαιμι τὰ μετέωρα ἐκμαθεῖν, ὡς ἔλθοιμι παρὰ τοὺς φιλοσόφους, ὡς τἀναντία λεγόντων ἀκούσαιμι, ὡς ἀπαγορεύσαιμι διασπώμενος ὑπὸ τῶν λόγων, εἶτα ἑξῆς τὴν ἐπίνοιαν καὶ τὰ πτερὰ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα μέχρι πρὸς τὸν οὐρανόν ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ προσέθηκα τὰ ὑπὸ τῆς Σελήνης ἐπεσταλμένα. μειδιάσας δ᾽
οὖν ὁ Ζεὺς καὶ μικρὸν ἐπανεὶς τῶν ὀφρύων, ‘τί
ἂν λέγοις,’ φησίν, ‘Ὤτου πέρι καὶ Ἐφιάλτου,
ὅπου καὶ Μένιππος ἐτόλμησεν ἐς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνελθεῖν; ἀλλὰ νῦν μὲν ἐπὶ ξένια ^ σε καλοῦμεν, αὔριον δέ,’ ἔφη, ‘ περὶ ὧν ἥκεις χ;χρηματίσαντες ἀποπέμψομεν.’ καὶ ἅμα ἐξαναστὰς ἐβάδιζεν ἐς
τὸ ἐπηκοώτατον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ: καιρὸς γὰρ ἦν ἐπὶ τῶν εὐχῶν καθέζεσθαι.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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