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ἄκουε τοίνυν,’ ἔφη ὁ Εὐκράτης, ‘— τοῦτο μὲν καὶ ἐπὶ μαρτύρων — ὃ πρὸ ἐτῶν πέντε εἶδον ἐτύγχανε μὲν ἀμφὶ τρυγητὸν τοῦ ἔτους ὄν, ἐγὼ δὲ ἀνὰ τὸν ἀγρὸν μεσούσης ἡμέρας τρυγῶντας ἀφεὶς
τοὺς ἐργάτας κατ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν εἰς τὴν ὕλην ἀπῄειν μεταξὺ φροντίζων τι καὶ ἀνασκοπούμενος. ἐπεὶ δ᾽
ἐν τῷ συνηρεφεῖ ἦν, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὑλαγμὸς ἐγένετο κυνῶν, κἀγὼ εἴκαζον Μνάσωνα τὸν υἱόν,
ὥσπερ εἰώθει παίζειν καὶ κυνηγετεῖν εἰς τὸ λάσιον
[p. 354] μετὰ τῶν ἡλικιωτῶν παρελθόντα. τὸ δ᾽ οὐκ εἶχεν
οὕτως, ἀλλὰ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον σεισμοῦ τινος ἅμα
γενομένου καὶ βοῆς οἷον ἐκ βροντῆς γυναῖκα ὁρῶ προσιοῦσαν φοβεράν, ἡμισταδιαίαν σχεδὸν τὸ ὕψος.
εἶχεν δὲ καὶ δᾷδα ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ ξίφος ἐν
τῇ δεξιᾷ ὅσον εἰκοσάπηχυ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἔνερθεν ὀφιόπους ἦν, τὰ δὲ ἄνω Γοργόνι ἐμφερής, τὸ
βλέμμα φημὶ καὶ τὸ φρικῶδες τῆς προσόψεως, καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς κόμης τοὺς δράκοντας βοστρυχηδὸν
καθεῖτο εἰλουμένους περὶ τὸν αὐχένα καὶ ἐπὶ
τῶν ὤμων ἐνίους ἐσπειραμένους. ὁρᾶτε,’ ἔφη, ‘ ὅπως ἔφριξα, ὦ φίλοι, μεταξὺ διηγούμενος.’ καὶ
ἅμα λέγων ἐδείκνυεν ὁ Εὐκράτης τὰς ἐπὶ τοῦ πήχεως τρίχας δῆθεν ὀρθὰς ὑπὸ τοῦ φόβου.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. 3.
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