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εἶτα δή μου ἐκπλεῖν προαιρουμένου ξένια καὶ δῶρα πολλὰ πέμψας — μόνος δὲ σὺν τῷ Ξενοφῶντι ἔτυχον ἐπιδημῶν, τὸν πατέρα καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς εἰς
Ἄμαστριν προεκπεπομφώς — ὑπισχνεῖται καὶ πλοῖον αὐτὸς παρέξειν καὶ ἐρέτας τοὺς ἀπάξοντας.
κἀγὼ μὲν ᾤμην ἁπλοῦν τι τοῦτο εἶναι καὶ δεξιὸν ἐπεὶ δὲ κατὰ μέσον τὸν πόρον ἐγενόμην, δακρύοντα ὁρῶν τὸν κυβερνήτην καὶ τοῖς ναύταις τι
ἀντιλέγοντα οὐκ ἀγαθὰς εἶχον περὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἐλπίδας. ἦν δὲ αὐτοῖς ἐπεσταλμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀραμένους ῥῖψαι ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ὅπερ εἰ ἐγένετο, ῥᾳδίως ἂν αὐτῷ διεπεπολέμητο τὰ πρὸς ἐμέ. ἀλλὰ δακρύων ἐκεῖνος ἔπεισεν καὶ τοὺς συνναύτας μηδὲν ἡμᾶς δεινὸν ἐργάσασθαι, καὶ πρὸς ἐμὲ ἔφη, ‘ἔτη
ἑξήκοντα, ὡς ὁρᾷς, ἀνεπίληπτον βίον καὶ ὅσιον
προβεβηκὼς οὐκ ἂν βουλοίμην, ἐν τούτῳ τῆς ἡλικίας καὶ γυναῖκα καὶ τέκνα ἔχων, μιᾶναι φόνῳ
[p. 248] τὰς χεῖρας,’ δηλῶν ἐφ᾽ ὅπερ ἡμᾶς ἀνειλήφει, καὶ
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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