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ἄκουε δὲ ἤδη καὶ τὸ ἐνύπνιον ᾤμην γὰρ τὸν
Εὐκράτην αὐτὸν ἄπαιδα ὄντα οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως ἀποθνήσκειν, εἶτα προσκαλέσαντά με καὶ διαθήκας
θέμενον ἐν αἷς ὁ κληρονόμος ἦν ἀπάντων ἐγώ, μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα ἀποθανεῖν ἐμαυτὸν δὲ παρελθόντα ἐς τὴν οὐσίαν τὸ μὲν χρυσίον καὶ τὸ
ἀργύριον ἐξαντλεῖν σκάφαις τισὶ μεγάλαις ἀέναόν
τε καὶ πολὺ ἐπιρρέον, τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα, τὴν ἐσθῆτα καὶ τραπέζας καὶ ἐκπώματα καὶ διακόνους, πάντα ἐμὰ
ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς εἶναι. εἶτα ἐξήλαυνον ἐπὶ λευκοῦ ζεύγους, ἐξυπτιάζων, περίβλεπτος ἅπασι τοῖς ὁρῶσι καὶ ἐπίφθονος. καὶ προέθεον πολλοὶ καὶ παρίππευον ^ καὶ εἵποντο πλείους. ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν ἐσθῆτα τὴν ἐκείνου ἔχων καὶ δακτυλίους βαρεῖς
[p. 196] ὅσον ἑκκαίδεκα ἐξημμένος τῶν δακτύλων ἐκέλευον
ἑστίασίν τινα λαμπρὰν εὐτρεπισθῆναι ἐς ὑποδοχὴν τῶν φίλων οἱ δέ, ὡς ἐν ὀνείρῳ εἰκός, ἤδη παρῆσαν καὶ τὸ δεῖπνον εἰσεκομίζετο καὶ ὁ πότος συνεκροτεῖτο. ἐν τούτῳ ὄντα με καὶ φιλοτησίας προπίνοντα ἐν χρυσαῖς φιάλαις ἑκάστῳ τῶν παρόντων, ἤδη τοῦ πλακοῦντος ἐσκομιζομένου ἀναβοήσας ἀκαίρως συνετάραξας μὲν ἡμῖν τὸ συμπόσιον, ἀνέτρεψας δὲ τὰς τραπέζας, τὸν δὲ πλοῦτον ἐκεῖνον ὑπηνέμιον φέρεσθαι
παρεσκεύασας. ἆρά σοι ἀλόγως ἀγανακτῆσαι κατὰ σοῦ δοκῶ; ὡς τριέσπερον ἂν ἡδέως ἐπεῖδον τὸν
ὄνειρόν μοι γενόμενον.
Ἀλεκτρυών
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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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