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[29] τίς δ᾽ οὗτος ἄλλος ὁ προσιών ἐστιν, ὦ Ἡράκλεις, ὁ καλός, ὁ τὴν κιθάραν;

Ἡρακλῆς
Ὀρφεύς ἐστιν, σύμπλους ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀργοῦς ἐμός, ἥδιστος κελευστῶν ἁπάντων πρὸς γοῦν τὴν ᾠδὴν αὐτοῦ ἥκιστα ἐκάμνομεν ἐρέττοντες. χαῖρε, [p. 88] ὦ ἄριστε καὶ μουσικώτατε Ὀρφεῦ: οὐκ ἐπιλέλησαι γάρ που Ἡρακλέους.

Ὀρφεύς
νὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς γε, ὦ Φιλοσοφία καὶ Ἡράκλεις καὶ Ἑρμῆ. ἀλλὰ καιρὸς ἀποδιδόναι τὰ μήνυτρα, ὡς ἔγωγε πάνυ σαφῶς ὃν ζητεῖτε οἶδα.

Ἑρμῆς
οὐκοῦν δεῖξον, ὦ παῖ Καλλιόπης, ἔνθα ἐστὶν χρυσίου γάρ οὐδέν, οἶμαι, δέῃ σοφὸς ὤν.

Ὀρφεύς
εὖ φής. ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν μὲν οἰκίαν δείξαιμ᾽ ἂν ὑμῖν ἔνθα οἰκεῖ, αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ ἄν, ὡς μὴ κακῶς ἀκούοιμι πρὸς αὐτοῦ: μιαρὸς γάρ εἰς ὑπερβολὴν καὶ μόνον τοῦτο ἐκμεμελέτηκεν.

Ἑρμῆς
δεῖξον μόνον.

Ὀρφεύς
αὕτη πλησίον. ἐγὼ δὲ ἄπειμι ὑμῖν ἐκποδών, ὡς μηδ᾽ ἴδοιμι αὐτόν.

Φιλοσοφία

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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