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ὁ δ᾽ ὡς ἅπαξ τῶν ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ πραγμάτων ἐλάβετο, μείζω ἀεὶ προσεπενόει καὶ πάντοσε τῆς
[p. 222] Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς ἔπεμπε χρησμολόγους, ταῖς πόλεσι προλέγων λοιμοὺς καὶ πυρκαϊὰς φυλάσσεσθαι καὶ σεισμούς: καὶ ἀσφαλῶς βοηθήσειν,
ὡς μὴ γένοιτό τι τούτων, αὐτὸς ὑπισχνεῖτο αὐτοῖς.
ἕνα δέ τινα χρησμόν, αὐτόφωνον καὶ αὐτόν, εἰς
ἅπαντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐν τῷ λοιμῷ διεπέμψατο ἦν δὲ
τὸ ἔπος ἕν: Φοῖβος ἀκειρεκόμης ^ λοιμοῦ νεφέλην ἀπερύκει. καὶ τοῦτο ἦν ἰδεῖν τὸ ἔπος πανταχοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν πυλώνων γεγραμμένον ὡς τοῦ λοιμοῦ ἀλεξιφάρμακον. τὸ δ᾽ εἰς τοὐναντίον τοῖς πλείστοις
προὐχώρει κατὰ γάρ τινα τύχην αὗται μάλιστα
αἱ οἰκίαι ἐκενώθησαν αἷς τὸ ἔπος ἐπεγέγραπτο. καὶ μή με νομίσῃς τοῦτο λέγειν, ὅτι διὰ τὸ ἔπος ἀπώλλυντο: ἀλλὰ τύχῃ τινὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο. τάχα
δὲ καὶ οἱ πολλοὶ θαρροῦντες τῷ στίχῳ ἠμέλουν καὶ ῥᾳθυμότερον διῃτῶντο, οὐδὲν τῷ χρησμῷ πρὸς τὴν νόσον συντελοῦντες, ὡς ἂν ἔχοντες προμαχομένας αὑτῶν τὰς συλλαβὰς καὶ τὸν ἀκειρεκόμην ^ Φοῖβον ἀποτοξεύοντα τὸν λοιμόν.
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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