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ἤδη δ᾽ οὖν ὑπέφαινεν ἡμέρα, καὶ κατελθόντες
ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν περὶ ἀναγωγὴν ἐγιγνόμεθα.
παρεσκεύαστο δ᾽ αὐτῷ καὶ σκάφος καὶ ἱερεῖα καὶ
μελίκρατον καὶ ἄλλα ὅσα πρὸς τὴν τελετὴν
χρήσιμα. ἐμβαλόμενοι οὖν ἅπαντα τὰ
παρεσκευασμένα οὕτω δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ
βαίνομεν ἀχνύμενοι, θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυ χέοντες.
[p. 88] Καὶ μέχρι; μέν τινος ὑπεφερόμεθα ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ,
εἶτα δὲ εἰσεπλεύσαμεν εἰς τὸ ἕλος καὶ τὴν λίμνην
εἰς ἣν ὁ Εὐφράτης ἀφανίζεται. περαιωθέντες δὲ
καὶ ταύτην ἀφικνούμεθα εἰς τι χωρίον ἔρημον καὶ ὑλῶδες καὶ ἀνήλιον, εἰς ὃ καὶ δὴ ἀποβάντες — ἡγεῖτο δὲ ὁ Μιθροβαρζάνης — βόθρον τε ὠρυξάμεθα καὶ τὰ μῆλα κατεσφάξαμεν καὶ τὸ αἷμα περὶ
αὐτὸν ἐσπείσαμεν. ὁ δὲ μάγος ἐν τοσούτῳ δᾷδα καιομένην ἔχων οὐκέτ᾽ ἠρεμαίᾳ τῇ φωνῇ, παμμέγεθες δέ, ὡς οἷός τε ἦν, ἀνακραγὼν δαίμονάς τε ὁμοῦ πάντας ἐπεβοᾶτο καὶ Ποινὰς καὶ Ἐρινύας
καὶ νυχίαν Ἑκάτην καὶ ἐπαινὴν Περσεφόνειαν,
παραμιγνὺς ἅμα βαρβαρικά τινα καὶ ἄσημα ὀνόματα καὶ πολυσύλλαβα.
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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