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σφαλεὶς οὖν καὶ τῆσδε τῆς ἐλπίδος ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐδυσχέραινον, ἠρέμα παραμυθούμενος ἐμαυτὸν
ὅτι μετὰ πολλῶν καὶ σοφῶν καὶ σφόδρα ἐπὶ
συνέσει διαβεβοημένων ἀνόητὸς τέ εἰμι καὶ τἀληθὲς ἔτι ἀγνοῶν περιέρχομαι. καὶ μοί ποτε διαγρυπνοῦντι τούτων ἕνεκα ἔδοξεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἐλθόντα δεηθῆναί τινος τῶν μάγων τῶν
Ζωροάστρου μαθητῶν καὶ διαδόχων: ἤκουον δ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐπῳδαῖς τε καὶ τελεταῖς τισιν ἀνοίγειν τοῦ Ἃιδου τὰς πύλας καὶ κατάγειν ὃν ἂν βούλωνται ἀσφαλῶς καὶ ὀπίσω αὖθις ἀναπέμπειν. ἄριστον οὖν ἡγούμην εἶναι παρά τινος τούτων διαπραξάμενον
[p. 84] τὴν κατάβασιν ἐλθόντα παρὰ Τειρεσίαν τὸν Βοιώτιον μαθεῖν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἅτε μάντεως καὶ σοφοῦ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄριστος βίος καὶ ὃν ἄν τις
ἕλοιτο εὖ φρονῶν. καὶ δὴ ἀναπηδήσας ὡς εἶχον τάχους ἔτεινον
εὐθὺ Βαβυλῶνος: ἐλθὼν δὲ συγγίγνομαί τινι τῶν Χαλδαίων σοφῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ θεσπεσίῳ τὴν
τέχνην, πολιῷ μὲν τὴν κόμην, γένειον δὲ μάλα
σεμνὸν καθειμένῳ, τοὔνομα δὲ ἦν αὐτῷ
Μιθροβαρζάνης. δεηθεὶς δὲ καὶ καθικετεύσας μόγις ἐπέτυχον παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ βούλοιτο μισθῷ,
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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