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ἐμὲ δέ,’ ἦ δ᾽ ὃς ,ὁ Εὔδημος, ‘ ὑπὸ τὸ ἀκροκνεφὲς μετεστείλατο Δαμασίας ὁ πάλαι μὲν ἀθλητὴς καὶ πολυνίκης, νῦν δὲ ἤδη ὑπὸ γήρως ἔξαθλος ὤν: οἶσθα τὸν χαλκοῦν τὸν ^ ἑστῶτα ἐν
τῇ ἀγορᾷ. καὶ τὰ μὲν πιττῶν τὰ δὲ εὕων διετέλεσεν,^ ἐξοικιεῖν γὰρ ἔμελλε τήμερον εἰς ἀνδρὸς τὴν θυγατέρα καὶ ἤδη ἐκάλλυνεν αὐτήν. εἶτα
Τερμέριόν τι κακὸν ἐμπεσὸν διέκοψε τὴν ἑορτήν:
ὁ γὰρ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ Δίων, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ λυπηθείς, μᾶλλον δὲ θεοσεχθρίᾳ σχεθείς, ἀπῆγξεν ἑαυτόν, καὶ εὖ ἴστε, ἀπωλώλει ἄν, εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ ἐπιστὰς
ἀπηγχόνισά τε αὐτὸν καὶ παρέλυσα τῆς ἐμβροχῆς, ἐπὶ
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πολύ τε ὀκλὰξ παρακαθήμενος ἐπένυσσον ^ τὸν
ἄνθρωπον, βαυκαλῶν καὶ διακωδωνίζων, μή πη ἔτι συνεχὴς εἴη τὴν φάρυγγα. τὸ δὲ μάλιστα ὀνῆσαν ἐκεῖνο ἦν, ὅτι ἀμφοτέραις κατασχὼν αὐτοῦ τὰ ἄκρα διεπίεσα.’
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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