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καὶ δὴ τὰ μὲν Ὀλύμπια τέλος εἶχεν, κάλλιστα Ὀλυμπίων γενόμενα ὧν ἐγὼ εἶδον, τετράκις ἤδη ὁρῶν. ἐγὼ δὲ — οὐ γὰρ ἦν εὐπορῆσαι ὀχήματος
ἅμα ^ πολλῶν ἐξιόντων — ἄκων ὑπελειπόμην. ὁ
δὲ ἀεὶ ἀναβαλλόμενος νύκτα τὸ τελευταῖον προειρήκει ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν καῦσιν: καί με τῶν ἑταίρων τινὸς παραλαβόντος περί μέσας νύκτας ἐξαναστὰς
ἀπῄειν εὐθὺ τῆς Ἁρπίνης, ἔνθα ἦν ἡ πυρά. στάδιοι πάντες οὗτοι εἴκοσιν ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀλυμπίας κατὰ τὸν
[p. 40] ἱππόδρομον ἀπιόντων πρὸς ἕω. καὶ ἐπεὶ τάχιστα ἀφικόμεθα, καταλαμβάνομεν πυρὰν νενησμένην
ἐν βόθρῳ ^ ὅσον ἐς ὀργυιὰν τὸ βάθος. δᾷδες ἦσαν τὰ πολλὰ καὶ παρεβέβυστο τῶν φρυγάνων,
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 5.
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