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εὖ γε ὑπέμνησας,’ ἦ δ᾽ ὃς ὁ Εὐκράτης, ‘εἰπὼν τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν. τί γάρ σοι, ὦ Τυχιάδη, περὶ τῶν τοιούτων δοκεῖ, λέγω δὴ χρησμῶν καὶ θεσφάτων καὶ ὅσα θεοφορούμενοί τινες ἀναβοῶσιν ἢ ἐξ ἀδύτων ἀκούεται ἢ παρθένος ἔμμετρα
φθεγγομένη προθεσπίζει τὰ μέλλοντα; ἢ δηλαδὴ καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἀπιστήσεις; ἐγὼ δὲ ὅτι μὲν καὶ
δακτύλιόν τινα ἱερὸν ἔχω Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Πυθίου εἰκόνα ἐκτυποῦντα τὴν σφραγῖδα καὶ οὗτος
ὁ Ἀπόλλων φθέγγεται πρὸς ἐμέ, οὐ λέγω, μή σοι
ἄπιστα δόξω περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ μεγαλαυχεῖσθαι: ἃ δὲ
Ἀμφιλόχου τε ἤκουσα ἐν Μαλλῷ, τοῦ ἥρωος
ὕπαρ διαλεχθέντος ^ μοι καὶ συμβουλεύσαντος
περὶ τῶν ἐμῶν, καὶ ἃ εἶδον αὐτός, ἐθέλω ὑμῖν
εἰπεῖν, εἶτα ἑξῆς ἃ ἐν Περγάμῳ εἶδον καὶ ἃ
ἤκουσα ἐν Πατάροις.
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Ὁπότε γὰρ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐπανῄειν οἴκαδε ἀκούων τὸ ἐν Μαλλῷ τοῦτο μαντεῖον
ἐπιφανέστατόν τε καὶ ἀληθέστατον εἶναι καὶ χρᾶν ἐναργῶς πρὸς ἔπος ἀποκρινόμενον οἷς ἂν ἐγγράψας τις εἰς τὸ γραμματεῖον παραδῷ τῷ
προφήτῃ, καλῶς ἔχειν ἡγησάμην ἐν παράπλῳ
πειραθῆναι τοῦ χρηστηρίου καί τι περὶ τῶν
μελλόντων συμβουλεύσασθαι τῷ θεῷ —’
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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