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‘οἱ δὲ θεοὶ πὰρ Ζηνὶ καθήμενοι —’ πρέπει γάρ,
οἶμαι, ἄνω: ὄντα μεγαληγορεῖν — ἀποσκοποῦσιν εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ πάντῃ περιβλέπουσιν ἐπικύπτοντες εἴ ποθεν ὄψονται πῦρ ἀναπτόμενον ἢ
ἀναφερομένην κνῖσαν ‘ ἑλισσομένην περὶ καπνῷ.’ κἂν μὲν θύῃ τις, εὐωχοῦνται πάντες ἐπικεχηνότες
τῷ καπνῷ καὶ τὸ αἷμα πίνοντες τοῖς βωμοῖς
προσχεόμενον ^ ὥσπερ αἱ μυῖαι: ἢν δὲ
οἰκοσιτῶσιν, νέκταρ καὶ ἀμβροσία τὸ δεῖπνον. πάλαι μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄνθρωποι συνειστιῶντο καὶ συνέπινον
αὐτοῖς, ὁ Ἰξίων καὶ ὁ Τάνταλος: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦσαν
ὑβρισταὶ καὶ λάλοι, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἔτι καὶ νῦν κολάζονται, ἄβατος δὲ τῷ θνητῷ γένει καὶ ἀπόρρητος
ὁ οὐρανός.
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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