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Θηβαία, τῶν Κάδμου θυγατέρων μία.
ταύτῃ συνελθὼν ἐγκύμονα ἐποίησεν.
Ποσειδῶν
εἶτα ἔτεκεν, ὦ Ἑρμῆ, ἀντ᾽ ἐκείνης;
Ἑρμῆς
καὶ μάλα, εἰ καὶ παράδοξον εἶναί σοι δοκεῖ:
τὴν μὲν γὰρ Σεμέλην ὑπελθοῦσα ἡ Ἥρα — οἶσθα ὡς ζηλότυπός
ἐστι — πείθει αἰτῆσαι παρὰ τοῦ Διὸς μετὰ βροντῶν
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καὶ ἀστραπῶν ἥκειν παρ᾽ αὐτήν: ὡς δὲ ἐπείσθη καὶ
ἧκεν ἔχων καὶ τὸν κεραυνόν, ἀνεφλέγη ὁ ὄροφος, καὶ ἡ
Σεμέλη μὲν διαφθείρεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρός, ἐμὲ δὲ κελεύει
ἀνατεμόντα τὴν γαστέρα τῆς γυναικὸς ἀνακομίσαι ἀτελὲς
ἔτι αὐτῷ τὸ ἔμβρυον ἑπτάμηνον: καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐποίησα,
διελὼν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ μηρὸν ἐντίθησιν, ὡς ἀποτελεσθείη
ἐνταῦθα, καὶ νῦν τρίτῳ ἤδη μηνὶ ἐξέτεκεν αὐτὸ καὶ μαλακῶς
ἀπὸ τῶν ὠδίνων ἔχει.
Ποσειδῶν
νῦν οὖν ποῦ τὸ βρέφος ἐστίν;
Ἑρμῆς
ἐς τὴν Νῦσαν ἀποκομίσας ἔδωκα ταῖς Νυμφαις
ἀνατρέφειν Διόνυσον ἐπονομασθέντα.
Ποσειδῶν
οὐκοῦν ἀμφότερα τοῦ Διονύσου τούτου καὶ
μήτηρ καὶ πατὴρ ὁ ἀδελφός ἐστιν;
Ἑρμῆς
ἔοικεν. ἄπειμι δ᾽ οὖν ὕδωρ αὐτῷ πρὸς τὸ
τραῦμα οἴσων καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ποιήσων ἃ νομίζεται ὥσπερ λεχοῖ.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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