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Διογένης
οὐχ Ἡρακλῆς οὗτός ἐστιν; οὐ μὲν οὖν ἄλλος, μὰ τὸν Ἡρακλέα. τὸ τόξον, τὸ ῥόπαλον, ἡ λεοντῆ, τὸ μέγεθος, ὅλος Ἡρακλῆς ἐστιν. εἶτα τέθνηκε Διὸς υἱὸς ὤν; εἰπέ μοι, ὦ καλλίνικε, νεκρὸς εἶ; ἐγὼ γάρ σοι ἔθυον ὑπὲρ γῆς ὡς θεῷ.

Ἡρακλῆς
καὶ ὀρθῶς ἔθυες: αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τοῖς θεοῖς σύνεστι ‘καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην,’ ἐγὼ δ᾽ εἴδωλόν εἰμι αὐτοῦ.

Διογένης
πῶς λέγεις; εἴδωλον τοῦ θεοῦ; καὶ δυνατὸν ἐξ ἡμισείας μέν τινα θεὸν εἶναι, τεθνάναι δὲ τῷ ἡμίσει;

Ἡρακλῆς
ναί: οὐ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τέθνηκεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγω ἡ εἰκῶν αὐτοῦ.

Διογένης

Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.

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