εἷεν, ὠ Κλωθοῖ, τὸ μὲν σκάφος τοῦτο ἡμῖν
πάλαι εὑτρεπὲς καὶ πρὸς ἀναγωγὴν εὖ μάλα παρεσκευασμένον: ὅ τε γὰρ ἄντλος ἐκκέχυται καὶ
ὁ ἱστὸς ὤρθωται καὶ ἡ ὀθόνη παρακέκρουσται καὶ τῶν κωπῶν ἑκάστη τετρόπωται, κωλύει τε οὐδέν, ὅσον ἐπ᾽ ἐμοί, τὸ ἀγκύριον ἀνασπάσαντας ἀποπλεῖν. ὁ δὲ Ἑρμῆς βραδύνει, πάλαι παρεῖναι δέον κενὸν γοῦν ἐπιβατῶν, ὡς ὁρᾷς, ἔστι τὸ πορθμεῖον τρὶς ἤδη τήμερον ἀναπεπλευκέναι δυνάμενον καὶ σχεδὸν ἀμφὶ βουλυτόν ἐστιν, ἡμεῖς
δὲ οὐδέπω οὐδὲ ὀβολὸν ἐμπεπολήκαμεν. εἶτα
ὁ Πλούτων εὖ οἶδα ὅτι ἐμὲ ῥᾳθυμεῖν ἐν τούτοις ὑπολήψεται, καὶ ταῦτα παρ᾽ ἄλλῳ οὔσης τῆς αἰτίας. ὁ δὲ καλὸς ἡμῖν κἀγαθὸς νεκροπομπὸς
ὥσπερ τις ἄλλος καὶ αὐτὸς ἄνω τὸ τῆς Λήθης
ὕδωρ πεπωκὼς ἀναστρέψαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπιλέλησται, καὶ ἤτοι παλαίει μετὰ τῶν ἐφήβων ἢ κιθαρίζει ἢ λόγους τινὰς διεξέρχεται ἐπιδεικνύμενος τὸν λῆρον τὸν αὑτοῦ, ἢ τάχα που καὶ κλωπεύει
ὁ γεννάδας παρελθών μία γὰρ αὐτοῦ καὶ αὕτη
[p. 4] τῶν τεχνῶν. ὁ δ᾽ οὖν ἐλευθεριάζει πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ ταῦτα ἐξ ἡμισείας ἡμέτερος ὤν.
Κλωθώ
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Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1915. 2.
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