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μεταξὺ δὲ λέγοντος, ‘ Ἡράκλεις,’ ἔφη τις, ‘ὡς μακρὸν τὸ ἐνύπνιον καὶ δικανικόν.’ εἶτ᾽ ἄλλος ὑπέκρουσε, ‘ χειμερινὸς ὄνειρος, ὅτε
μήκισταὶ εἰσιν αἱ νύκτες, ἢ τάχα που τριέσπερος,
ὥσπερ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς, καὶ αὐτός ἐστι. τί δ᾽ οὖν ἐπῆλθεν αὐτῷ ληρῆσαι ταῦτα πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ
μνησθῆναι παιδικῆς νυκτὸς καὶ ὀνείρων παλαιῶν
καὶ γεγηρακότων; ἕωλος γὰρ ἡ ψυχρολογία. μὴ ὀνείρων τινὰς ὑποκριτὰς ἡμᾶς ὑπείληφεν;’ οὔκ,
ὦγαθέ: οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ Ξενοφῶν ποτε διηγούμενος τὸ ἐνύπνιον, ὡς ἐδόκει αὐτῷ κεραυνὸς ἐμπεσὼν καίειν τὴν πατρῴαν οἰκίαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα,- — ἴστε γάρ —
οὐχ ὑπόκρισιν τὴν ὄψιν οὐδ᾽ ὡς φλυαρεῖν ἐγνωκὼς αὐτὰ διεξῄει, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν πολέμῳ καὶ ἀπογνώσει πραγμάτων, περιεστώτων πολεμίων,
ἀλλά τι καὶ χρήσιμον εἶχεν ἡ διήγησις.
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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