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ἡ ἑτέρα δὲ πρός με ἀπιδοῦσα, ‘ τοιγαροῦν
ἀμείψομαί σε,’ ἔφη, ‘ τῆσδε τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ὅτι καλῶς τὴν δίκην ἐδίκασας, καὶ ἐλθὲ ἤδη, ἐπίβηθι τούτου τοῦ ὀχήματος,’ — δείξασά τι ὄχημα
ὑποπτέρων ἵππων τινῶν τῷ Πηγάσῳ ἐοικότων — ‘ ὅπως εἰδῇς οἷα καὶ ἡλίκα μὴ ἀκολουθήσας ἐμοὶ ἀγνοήσειν ἔμελλες.’ ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀνῆλθον, ἡ μὲν ἤλαυνε καὶ ὑφηνιόχει, ἀρθεὶς δὲ εἰς ὕψος ἐγὼ ἐπεσκόπουν ἀπὸ τῆς ἕω ἀρξάμενος ἄχρι πρὸς τὰ
ἑσπέρια ^ πόλεις καὶ ἔθνη καὶ δήμους, καθάπερ ὁ Τριπτόλεμος ἀποσπείρων τι εἰς τὴν γῆν. οὐκέτι
μέντοι μέμνημαι ὅ τι τὸ σπειρόμενον ἐκεῖνο ἦν, πλὴν τοῦτο μόνον ὅτι κάτωθεν ἀφορῶντες ἄνθρωποι ἐπῄνουν καὶ μετ᾽ εὐφημίας καθ᾽ οὓς γενοίμην
τῇ πτήσει παρέπεμπον.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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