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Ἔχ᾽ ἀτρέμας: τούτου γὰρ ἐδεόμην μάλιστα.
οὐκοῦν ἐννέα ὄντες ἀνεσπάκασιν ἅπαντες καὶ ἔχουσι
τοὺς κλήρους. περιιὼν δὴ — βούλομαι γάρ σε Ἑλλανοδίκην
ἀντὶ θεατοῦ ποιῆσαι — ἐπισκοπεῖς τὰ γράμματα,
καὶ οὐ πρότερον, οἶμαι, μάθοις ἂν ὅστις ὁ ἔφεδρός ἐστιν,
ἢν μὴ ἐπὶ πάντας ἔλθῃς καὶ συζεύξῃς αὐτούς.
Ἑρμότιμος
πῶς, ὦ Λυκῖνε, τοῦτο φής;
Λυκῖνος
ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν εὐθὺς εὑρεῖν τὸ γράμμα
ἐκεῖνο τὸ δηλοῦν τὸν ἔφεδρον, ἢ τὸ μὲν γράμμα ἴσως ἂν
εὕροις, οὐ μὴν εἴσῃ γε εἰ ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν: οὐ γὰρ προείρηται
ὅτι τὸ Κ ἢ τὸ Μ ἢ τὸ Ι ἐστὶ τὸ χειροτονοῦν τὸν ἔφεδρον:
ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὰν τῷ Α ἐντύχῃς, ζητεῖς τὸν τὸ ἕτερον
Α ἔχοντα καὶ εὑρὼν ἐκείνους μὲν ἤδη συνέζευξας, ἐντυχὼν
δὲ αὖθις τῷ βῆτα το ἕτερον βῆτα ὅπου ἐστὶ ζητεῖς,
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τὸ ἀντίπαλον τῷ εὑρεθέντι, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων ὁμοίως,
ἄχρι ἂν ἐκεῖνός σοι περιλειφθῇ ὁ τὸ μόνον γράμμα ἔχων τὸ ἀνανταγώνιστον.
Ἑρμότιμος
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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